From the brain to bad behaviour and back again: Neurocognitive and psychobiological mechanisms of driving while impaired by alcohol

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 406-418

  Brown, Thomas G ^a,b,c   Ouimet, Marie Claude ^a,d   Nadeau, Louise ^a,e   Gianoulakis, Christina ^a,b   Lepage, Martin ^a,b   Tremblay, Jacques ^a,b   Dongier, Maurice ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Pavillon Foster Addiction Treatment Program ^*  (Canada)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Driving under the influence; DUI; Neuropsychology; Psychobiology

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LEGAL ASPECT; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECURRENCE; SEROTONIN;

EID: 70349336809     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00053.x     Document Type: Review

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