Alcohol
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 99-106 , June 2004

EEG alpha variants and alpha power in Hispanic American and white non-Hispanic American young adults with a family history of alcohol dependence

  • Cindy L. Ehlers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute CVN-14 TSRI, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
    • VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-858-784-7058; fax: +1-858-784-7409.
    • ,
  • Evelyn Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute CVN-14 TSRI, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    • ,
  • Marc A. Schuckit

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
    • VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA

Received 31 January 2003 ,Revised 19 May 2004 ,Accepted 19 May 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.05.003

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