Psychiatry Research
Volume 111, Issue 1 , Pages 65-74 , 5 August 2002

Preliminary evidence of reduced cognitive inhibition in methamphetamine-dependent individuals

  • Ruth Salo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, UC Davis Medical Center, 2230 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    • UCD Center for Neuroscience, 1544 Newton Court, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, UC Davis Medical Center, 2230 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. Tel.: +1-530-757-8800; fax: +1-530-757-8827
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  • Thomas E Nordahl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, UC Davis Medical Center, 2230 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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  • Kate Possin

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience Program, Center for Health Science (BN166), SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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  • Martin Leamon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, UC Davis Medical Center, 2230 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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  • David R Gibson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center, 2230 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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  • Gantt P Galloway

      Affiliations

    • Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Neil M Flynn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center, 2230 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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  • Avishai Henik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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  • Adolf Pfefferbaum

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience Program, Center for Health Science (BN166), SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305-5723, USA
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  • Edith V Sullivan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305-5723, USA

Received 8 October 2001 ,Revised 15 April 2002 ,Accepted 29 April 2002.

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Psychiatry Research
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