Electrophysiological evidence of nicotines distracter-filtering properties in non-smokers

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-248

  Knott, Verner ^a   Heenan, Adam ^b   Shah, Dhrasti ^b   Bolton, Kiley ^a   Fisher, Derek ^b   Villeneuve, Crystal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

attention; distractibility; event related potentials; nicotine; performance; smoking

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE GUM; PLACEBO; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISTRACTIBILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SMOKING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 79551671388     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881109348158     Document Type: Article

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