Deactivation by Benzodiazepine of the Basal Forebrain and Amygdala in Normal Humans during Sleep: A Placebo-Controlled [ 15O]H 2O PET Study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 748-751

  Kajimura, Naofumi ^a,b   Nishikawa, Masami ^a   Uchiyama, Makoto ^a   Kato, Masaaki ^a   Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ^a   Nakajima, Toru ^a   Hori, Toru ^a   Nakabayashi, Tetsuo ^a   Sekimoto, Masanori ^a   Ogawa, Kenichi ^a   Takano, Harumasa ^a   Imabayashi, Etsuko ^a   Hiroki, Masahiko ^a   Onishi, Takashi ^a   Uema, Takeshi ^a   Takayama, Yutaka ^a   Matsuda, Hiroshi ^a   Okawa, Masako ^a   Takahashi, Kiyohisa ^a  

^a Natl Ctr Hosp for Mental Disord   (Japan)

^b SF Bldg 2F   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; GALLIUM 68; GERMANIUM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; OXYGEN 15; PLACEBO; TRIAZOLAM; WATER;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSENCEPHALON; SLEEP, REM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 11144355584     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.4.748     Document Type: Article

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