Midazolam effects on prepulse inhibition of the acoustic blink reflex

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-426

  Schächinger, Hartmut ^a   Müller, Beatrice U ^a   Strobel, Werner ^a   Langewitz, Wolf ^a   Ritz, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle reflex; Benzodiazepine; Flumazenil; Midazolam; Prepulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; FLUMAZENIL; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BLINKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLUMAZENIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0032902849     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1999.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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