Psychiatry Research
Volume 105, Issue 1 , Pages 67-78 , 15 December 2001

Visual P3 findings in Mission Indian youth: relationship to family history of alcohol dependence and behavioral problems

  • Cindy L Ehlers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute, CVN-14, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 902037, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-858-784-7058; fax: +1-858-784-7409
    • ,
  • Tamara L Wall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute, CVN-14, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 902037, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
    • Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Consuelo Garcia-Andrade

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute, CVN-14, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 902037, USA
    • ,
  • Evelyn Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute, CVN-14, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 902037, USA

Received 28 December 2000 ,Revised 19 September 2001 ,Accepted 20 September 2001.

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