Effect of flunitrazepam on sleep and memory

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 327-332

  Misaki, Kiwamu ^a,d   Nakagawa, Hiroki ^a   Koshino, Yoshifumi ^b   Kishi, Hideo ^a   Ota, Tadaaki ^a   Okuda, Kyouko ^a   Kanda, Izumi ^a   Isaki, Kiminori ^a   Ito, Tatuhiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Fukui Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

^d National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Flunitrazepam; Memory disturbance; Polysomnography; REM density; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

FLUNITRAZEPAM;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP;

EID: 0031807534     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1998.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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