Effects of scopolamine on delayed-matching-to-sample and paired associates tests of visual memory and learning in human subjects: Comparison with diazepam and implications for dementia

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-106

  Robbins, T W ^a   Semple, J ^b   Kumar, R ^b   Truman, M I ^b   Shorter, J ^b   Ferraro, A ^a   Fox, B ^a   McKay, G ^a   Matthews, K ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Arousal; Attention; Benzodiazepine; Dementia; Diazepam; Learning; Memory; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; SCOPOLAMINE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEMENTIA; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PUPIL; SCOPOLAMINE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030666425     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050430     Document Type: Article

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