Dose Effects of Triazolam and Alcohol on Cognitive Performance in Healthy Volunteers

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Kleykamp, Bethea A ^a   Griffiths, Roland R ^a   Mintzer, Miriam Z ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; benzodiazepines; cognition; performance; triazolam

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TRIAZOLAM;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TRIAZOLAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749109900     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018407     Document Type: Article

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