Effects of Alprazolam and Bromazepam on Visual Search and Verbal Recognition Memory in Humans: A Study with Event-Related Brain Potentials

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-56

  Münte, Thomas F ^a   Gehde, Eckhard ^a   Johannes, Sönke ^a   Seewald, Manuel ^a   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Event related potentials; Recognition memory; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ALPRAZOLAM; BROMAZEPAM; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0029738951     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119291     Document Type: Article

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