Effects of anxiolytics on memory

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Curran, H Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Benzodiazepines; Beta blockers; Buspirone; Memory

Indexed keywords

ALPIDEM; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUSPIRONE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; SCOPOLAMINE; TRIAZOLAM;

AMNESIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0032730380     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1077(199908)14:1+3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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