Increased Sensitivity to the Disinhibiting Effects of Alcohol in Adults With ADHD

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-121

  Weafer, Jessica ^a   Fillmore, Mark T ^a   Milich, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; alcohol; cues; inhibitory control

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINHIBITION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249116931     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015418     Document Type: Article

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