The effect of benzodiazepines and flumazenil on motor cortical excitability in the human brain

Brain Research

Volumn 815, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 192-199

  Palmieri, Maria Giuseppina ^a,b   Iani, Cesare ^a   Scalise, Anna ^a,b   Desiato, Maria Teresa ^a   Loberti, Marco ^a   Telera, Stefano ^a   Caramia, Maria Donatella ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Cortical excitability; Drug abuse; GABA; Idiopathic stupor; MEP; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENZODIAZEPINES; COMA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0033537262     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01164-0     Document Type: Article

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