Lack of sedative and cognitive effects of diphenhydramine and cyclobenzaprine in elderly volunteers

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 325-329

  Lines, C ^a,d   Traub, M ^b   Raskin, S ^a   Mant, T ^c   Reines, S ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b AMGEN LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c Guy's Drug Research Unit Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition, cyclobenzaprine, diphenhydramine; Elderly volunteers; Sedation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0030785121     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026988119701100407     Document Type: Article

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