Acute effects of zolpidem on daytime alertness, psychomotor and physical performance

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-313

  Ito, Sachiko Uemura ^a   Kanbayashi, Takashi ^a   Takemura, Takaubu ^a   Kondo, Hideaki ^a   Inomata, Shoko ^a   Szilagyi, Gyongyi ^b   Shimizu, Tetsuo ^a   Nishino, Seiji ^c  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Dinamimika bt   (Hungary)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical flicker fusion (CFF) test; Well being; Zolpidem

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF ESTEEM; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRIDINES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 34948830160     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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