The effect of diazepam on motor cortical oscillations and corticomuscular coherence studied in man

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 546, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 931-942

  Baker, Mark R ^a   Baker, Stuart N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL;

CALCULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SIDE EFFECT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; DIAZEPAM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIODICITY;

EID: 0037322435     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.029553     Document Type: Review

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