Lorazepam impairs perceptual integration of visual forms: A central effect

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 260-270

  Giersch, A ^a   Boucart, M ^a   Speeg Schatz, C ^a   Muller Kauffmann, F ^a   Danion, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Human; Integration processes; Lorazepam; Oculomotor balance; Symmetry perception; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; PLACEBO;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATION; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VOLUNTEER;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MALE;

EID: 0029975741     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02246456     Document Type: Article

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