Neuropsychological consequences of alcohol and drug abuse on different components of executive functions

@article{FernndezSerrano2010NeuropsychologicalCO,
  title={Neuropsychological consequences of alcohol and drug abuse on different components of executive functions},
  author={Mar{\'i}a Jos{\'e} Fern{\'a}ndez-Serrano and Miguel P{\'e}rez-Garc{\'i}a and Jacqueline Schmidt R{\'i}o-Valle and Antonio Verdejo-Garc{\'i}a},
  journal={Journal of Psychopharmacology},
  year={2010},
  volume={24},
  pages={1317 - 1332}
}
Several studies have shown alterations in different components of executive functioning in users of different drugs, including cannabis, cocaine and heroin. However, it is difficult to establish a specific association between the use of each of these drugs and executive alterations, since most drug abusers are polysubstance abusers, and alcohol is a ubiquitous confounding factor. Moreover, in order to study the association between consumption of different drugs and executive functioning, the… 
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