Does the sedation resulting from sleep deprivation and lorazepam cause similar cognitive deficits?

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 909-915

  Fluck, Emma ^a   File, Sandra E ^a   Springett, Jonathan ^a   Kopelman, Michael D ^a   Rees, John ^a   Orgill, Jane ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Memory; Sedation; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LORAZEPAM; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEDATION; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0032052205     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(97)00523-6     Document Type: Article

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