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Alcoholism risk and the P300 event-related brain potential

P300 amplitude reflects risk-for-alcoholism in young adults, but specific task
conditions and electrode location affect its sensitivity.
More info:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstra\
ct&list_uids=14572502
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Addictions & Substance Abuse: Strategies for Advanced Practice Nursing
by Madeline Naegle

Describes strategies for identification, assessment, and management of
dependency problems; includes study questions and case histories.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0838586767/top100
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Alcoholism risk and the P300 event-related brain potential
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14572502

Chronic pain, substance abuse and addiction.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14567207

Rates and symptoms of PTSD among cocaine-dependent patients.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14572180

EEG effects of conventional and denicotinized cigarettes in a spaced smoking
paradigm.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14572505

Who seeks treatment for cannabis-related problems?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14577742

First reports evaluating the effectiveness of strategies for preventing violence
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14566220

A functional assessment methodology for alcohol dependent patients undergoing
rehabilitative treatments.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14578062

Assessment of the relative reinforcement value of smoking and drinking using a
multiple-choice measurement strategy.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14577989

Assay of salsolinol in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of alcoholics and
healthy subjects by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14578016

A review of 25 long-term adolescent tobacco and other drug use prevention
program evaluations.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14572430

In utero cocaine, discriminative avoidance learning with low-salient stimuli and
learning-related neuronal activity in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14570542

Human alcoholism studies of genes identified through mouse quantitative trait
locus analysis.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14578011

Regulation of gene expression and cocaine reward by CREB and DeltaFosB.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14566342

The apomorphine test
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14578019

Amphetamine Primes Motivation to Gamble and Gambling-Related Semantic Networks
in Problem Gamblers.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14571257

Developmental Trajectories of Cocaine-and-Other-Drug-Exposed and
Non-Cocaine-Exposed Children.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14578693

Characteristics of drug addicts who attempt suicide.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14572627
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