The acute effects of MDMA and ethanol administration on electrophysiological correlates of performance monitoring in healthy volunteers

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 2877-2888

  Spronk, D B ^a,b   Dumont, G J H ^c   Verkes, R J ^a,b,d   De Bruijn, E R A ^c,e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Pompestichting   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drugs of abuse; EEG; ERPs; Error monitoring; Error related negativity (ERN); Ethanol; Healthy volunteers; MDMA; N2; Performance monitoring

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRECT RELATED NEGATIVITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ERROR RELATED NEGATIVITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; N2 EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; ADOLESCENT; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG INTERACTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903582126     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3456-y     Document Type: Article

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