The effects of diazepam on sensory gating in healthy volunteers

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-68

  Van Luijtelaar, Gilles ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diazepam; Evoked potentials; P50; P50 gating; Sensory gating

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0037464397     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00155-1     Document Type: Article

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