1. 1. Acute effects of alcohol and diazepam on reaction time (RT) and event-related potential (ERP) measures were examined in 108 healthy male volunteers.
2. 2. The subjects engaged in a simple RT task at two levels of stimulus intensity during baseline and treatment sessions.
3. 3. Lower stimulus intensity produced increased RTs, increased ERP peak latencies, and suppression of peak amplitudes.
4. 4. Moderate and high doses of alcohol, and high doses of diazepam produced increased RTs. Alcohol suppressed P100 and N100 amplitudes, while diazepam suppressed P100 amplitudes only. P100 amplitudes were correlated to RTs under baseline and treatment conditions.
5. 5. These results were taken as evidence for impaired stimulus detection during alcohol and diazepam intoxication, with both drugs influencing sensory-perceptual processes and alcohol alone influencing the degree of attentiveness.
Author Keywords: alcohol; diazepam; event-related potentials; simple reaction time 相似文献
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deep hypothermia, the relation between IQ or schoolwork achievement and the duration of circulatory arrest was investigated
in 75 such children. Abnormal preoperative EEG's were found in 16 per cent of the children while abnormal postoperative EEG's
were found in 17 per cent. The children were divided into 4 groups, according to pre- and postoperative EEG results. Schoolwork
achievement scores ranged between 3.0 and 3.2, the difference among the groups being insignificant. Moreover, no significant
shift in IQ was found among the groups. Finally, regarding the number of children who were able to go on to a higher level
of education, including high school the college or university, again no significant differences were found among the 4 groups.
In a comparison with the number of such children in neighboring Nagasaki prefecture able to continue on to a higher level
of education, no significant differences were seen either. The findings and statistics of this investigation therefore indicate
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