The effect of heroin on verbal memory

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-59

  Mitrović, Sladjana Martinović ^a   Dickov, Aleksandra ^a   Vučković, Nikola ^a   Mitrović, Dragan ^a   Budiša, Danijela ^a  

^a Clinical Centre of Vojvodina   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Heroin; Substance related disorders; Verbal memory

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NARCOTICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STREET DRUGS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953806968     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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