Retrograde enhancement of human memory with alcohol.
In two experiments with normal male subjects, the ingestion of alcohol (1 ml/kg) immediately after learning significantly improved subsequent remembering. By comparison, marijuana (15 mg) had no significant post-acquisition effect. Facilitation of visual and verbal memory with alcohol under these conditions has implications for the interference and consolidation views of memory.
D000328:Adult; D002188:Cannabis; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D013759:Dronabinol / Q000494:pharmacology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D010919:Placebos
D010919:Placebos; D000431:Ethanol; D013759:Dronabinol