Alcohol and cognition - Consideration of age of initiation, usage patterns and gender: A brief review

Current Drug Abuse Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-97

  Bartley, Paige C ^a   Rezvani, Amir H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol drinking; AUD; Cognitive function; Pattern of drinking; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXCITOTOXICITY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84861155747     PISSN: 18744737     EISSN: 18744745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874473711205020087     Document Type: Review

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