Anterograde and retrograde effects of benzodiazepines on memory

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Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 1460-1465

  Beracochea, Daniel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Benzodiazepines; Explicit memory; Implicit memory; Memory; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; METHYLBETACARBOLINE; NITRAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ATTENTION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; EMOTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; SEDATION; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33751434187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2006.243     Document Type: Short Survey

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