The effects of lorazepam on skin conductance responses to aversive stimuli in healthy subjects

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 160-164

  Siepmann, Martin ^a   Heine, Benjamin ^a   Kluge, Andreas ^a   Ziemssen, Tjalf ^a   Mück Weymann, Michael ^b   Kirch, Wilhelm ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Healthy subjects; Lorazepam; Sedative; Skin conductance responses; Subjective mood

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUPIL REFLEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AFFECT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFLEX, PUPILLARY;

EID: 34447109782     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-007-0407-2     Document Type: Article

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