Lorazepam but not diazepam impairs identification of pictures on the basis of specific contour fragments

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 326-333

  Wagemans, Johan ^a   Notebaert, Wim ^a   Boucart, Muriel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Curvature; Diazepam; GABA(A); Lorazepam; Perceptual integration; Picture identification

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS; VISION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; DIAZEPAM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031880535     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050678     Document Type: Article

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