Oculomotor deficits caused by 0.06% and 0.10% blood alcohol concentrations and relationship to subjective perception of drunkenness

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2134-2142

  Fransson, Per Anders ^a   Modig, Fredrik ^a   Patel, Mitesh ^a   Gomez, Stephen ^b   Magnusson, Måns ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Saccade; Smooth pursuit; Vision

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BREATH ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION; BREATH ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUNKENNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VISION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049233694     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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