Alcohol and behavioral control: cognitive and neural mechanisms

Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2001 Jan;25(1):117-21.

Abstract

This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2000 RSA Meeting in Denver, Colorado. The organizer/chair was Muriel Vogel-Sprott. The presentations were (1) Alcohol-induced impairment of inhibitory control: Some commonalities with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, by Mark Fillmore; (2) Neural interactions that underlie response inhibition under alcohol: A functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation, by Craig Easdon; (3) Intentional control of behavior under alcohol, by Muriel Vogel-Sprott; and (4) Working memory and the disinhibiting effects of alcohol on passive avoidance learning, by Alicia Justius and Peter Finn.

Publication types

  • Congress
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Alcoholism / psychology*
  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / psychology*
  • Avoidance Learning / drug effects*
  • Avoidance Learning / physiology
  • Central Nervous System Depressants / pharmacology*
  • Cognition / drug effects*
  • Cognition / physiology
  • Ethanol / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Inhibition, Psychological*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Substances

  • Central Nervous System Depressants
  • Ethanol