Transcranial direct current stimulation, implicit alcohol associations and craving

Biological Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-42

  Den Uyl, Tess E ^a   Gladwin, Thomas E ^a,b   Wiers, Reinout W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Defense   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Craving; DLPFC; IAT; IFG; TDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TASK; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SELF REPORT; SHAM PROCEDURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; FRONTAL LOBE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ASSOCIATION; CRAVING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920964507     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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