An electromyographic analysis of the effect of levodopa on the response time of healthy subjects

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-316

  Hasbroucq, Thierry ^a   Tandonnet, Christophe ^a   Micallef Roll, Joëlle ^a   Blin, Olivier ^a   Possamaï, Camille Aimé ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Healthy subjects; Levodopa; Motor time; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; LEVODOPA; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR TIME INTERVAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0037272712     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1304-y     Document Type: Article

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