Priming deficiency in male subjects at risk for alcoholism: The N4 during a lexical decision task

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2027-2036

  Roopesh, Bangalore N ^a   Rangaswamy, Madhavi ^a   Kamarajan, Chella ^a   Chorlian, David B ^a   Stimus, Arthur ^a   Bauer, Lance O ^b   Rohrbaugh, John ^f   O'Connor, Sean J ^c   Kuperman, Samuel ^d   Schuckit, Marc ^e   Porjesz, Bernice ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Endophenotype; High Risk; N4; Semantic Priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REACTION TIME; RISK; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALCOHOLISM; CUES; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450203577     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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