The psychomotor performance of 25 elderly patients with mild to moderate hypertension
(aged 62-78 years, SBP= 162-212 mmHg; DBP= 98-124 mmHg) was compared with 25 age …

Adrenoceptor antagonists block the enhancement of memory storage produced by
epinephrine injection, but not that produced by glucose injection. The present experiment …

Blood Press. 1999; 8 (3): 177-83. Study on COgnition and Prognosis in the Elderly (SCOPE).
Hansson L, Lithell H, Skoog I, Baro F, Bánki CM, Breteler M, Carbonin PU, Castaigne A …

Essential hypertension has rather recently become recognized as a major factor in the
development of the 2 main types of dementia, that is, no longer merely vascular dementia …

• This double-blind, three-way crossover study measured the influence of β-blocker
treatment on drowsiness and mental test performance in older hypertensive patients and …

1. Healthy young and elderly volunteers received 20 mg nifedipine (slow release) orally for 2
weeks with concomitant dosing of atenolol 50 mg orally during the second week. 2. Drug …

Inpatient alcoholics (N= 54 men), nonhospitalized members of an Alcoholics Anonymous
group (N= 15 men) and nonalcoholic inpatients (N= 10 men) were shown a 55-min film on …

Antihypertensive medications are all associated with adverse reactions, and the elderly
patient may be particularly sensitive. In a large longitudinal follow up study in an aged …

Memory involves the retention of information in the brain over a period of time. When the
period is short—a matter of seconds or minutes—short-term memory is said to be involved …

Short-term memory following the intravenous injection of methohexitone (0.15 mg/kg),
diazepam (0.05 mg/kg) and sodium 4-hydroxybutyrate (10 mg/kg) has been examined by …