Impairment of memory and plasma flunitrazepam levels

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-163

  Bareggi, S R ^a   Ferini Strambi, L ^b   Pirola, R ^a   Smirne, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Explicit memory; Flunitrazepam; Human; Psychomotor sedation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

FLUNITRAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SEDATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ATTENTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031733863     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050753     Document Type: Article

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