Antisaccade and smooth pursuit eye movements in healthy subjects receiving sertraline and lorazepam

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-36

  Green, Jonathan F ^a,b   King, David J ^a   Trimble, Karen M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Ards Community Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abnormal saccadic distractibility; Antisaccades; Benzodiazepines; Lorazepam; Practice effects; Saccadic eye movements; Schizophrenia; Sertraline; Smooth pursuit eye movements

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; LORAZEPAM; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034103584     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026988110001400103     Document Type: Article

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