Effects of the amnesic drug lorazepam on complete and partial information retrieval and monitoring accuracy

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 472-481

  Izaute, M ^a   Bacon, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Feeling of knowing; Lorazepam; Memory; Metamemory

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; PLACEBO; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL;

EID: 34248523400     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0492-2     Document Type: Article

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