The Role of Acetaldehyde in Human Psychomotor Function: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Crossover Study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 840-845

  Kim, Sung Wan ^a,b   Bae, Kyung Yeol ^a   Shin, Hee Young ^a,b   Kim, Jae Min ^a,b   Shin, Il Seon ^a,b   Youn, Tak ^a   Kim, Jin ^b   Kim, Jong Keun ^a,b   Yoon, Jin Sang ^a,b  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; alcohol; aldehyde dehydrogenase; ALDH2; car driving; psychomotor function

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACETALDEHYDE; ADULT; ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950367918     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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