Is benzodiazepine-induced amnesia due to deactivation of the left prefrontal cortex?

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 292-299

  Bagary, M ^a   Fluck, E ^b   File, S E ^b   Joyce, E ^c   Lockwood, G ^a   Grasby, P ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Memory; Midazolam; Positron emission tomograph; Regional cerebral blood flow

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0033939645     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130000419     Document Type: Article

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