Neurophysiological Correlates of Moderate Alcohol Consumption in Older and Younger Social Drinkers

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 941-951

  Lewis, Ben ^a   Boissoneault, Jeff ^a   Gilbertson, Rebecca ^b   Prather, Robert ^a   Nixon, Sara Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LYCOMING COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Moderate Alcohol; Neurophysiology; P3

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84878396982     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12055     Document Type: Article

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