Comparison of impulsivity and working memory in cocaine addiction and pathological gambling: Implications for cocaine-induced neurotoxicity

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Albein Urios, Natalia ^a   Martinez González, José Miguel ^b   Lozano, óscar ^c   Clark, Luke ^d   Verdejo García, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Centro Provincial de Drogodependencias   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Impulsivity; Neurotoxicity; Pathological gambling; Working memory

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROTOXICITY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STROOP TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84867894045     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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