Ketamine as a primary predictor of out-of-body experiences associated with multiple substance use

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 943-950

  Wilkins, Leanne K ^a   Girard, Todd A ^a   Cheyne, J Allan ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoscopy; Ketamine; Multiple substance use; NMDA; Out of body experiences; Vestibular sensations

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051666401     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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