Midazolam does not inhibit association formation, just its storage and strengthening

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 462-471

  Reder, Lynne M ^a   Proctor, Iain ^a   Anderson, John R ^a   Gyulai, Ferenc ^b   Quinlan, Joseph J ^b   Oates, Joyce M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Binding; Digit span; Memory; Midazolam; MODS task; Over learning; Paired associate learning; Practice; Working memory

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; MIDAZOLAM; PLACEBO; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; MEMORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDAZOLAM;

EID: 34248578530     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0436-x     Document Type: Article

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