Influence of bromazepam on cortical interhemispheric coherence

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-81

  Sampaio, Isabel ^a   Puga, Fernanda ^a   Veiga, Heloisa ^a   Cagy, Maurício ^a   Piedade, Roberto ^a   Ribeiro, Pedro ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Castelo Branco   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bromazepam; qEEG

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BROMAZEPAM; GLUCOSE; PLACEBO;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 34147142440     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000100017     Document Type: Article

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