Effects of dexamphetamine with and without alcohol on simulated driving

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 391-399

  Simons, Ries ^a   Martens, Marieke ^a   Ramaekers, Jan ^b   Krul, Arno ^a   Klöpping Ketelaars, Ineke ^a   Skopp, Gisela ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alertness; Dexamphetamine; Drivi ngperformance; Gap acceptance; SDLP

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP;

EID: 84864436310     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2549-0     Document Type: Article

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