Studies from 1973 to 1985 of the effects of benzodiazepines on memory are summarised
and reviewed. Anterograde amnesia appears a common effect of all benzodiazepines …

Benzodiazepines, the most widely used of all drugs, are powerful anxiolytics,
anticonvulsants and muscle relaxants. Dependence is difficult to induce in animals but has …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate if different interneuronal circuits in human motor cortex mediate
inhibition through different subtypes of the gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor (GABAAR) …

Peripheral nerve inputs have an inhibitory effect on motor cortex excitability at short intervals
(short‐latency afferent inhibition, SAI). This can be tested by coupling electrical stimulation of …

In recent years, patients, lay publications, and consumer groups have expressed concern
about whether benzodiazepines are overprescribed. Psychiatrists have raised questions …

Background General anaesthesia is usually associated with unconsciousness.'Awareness'
is when patients have postoperative recall of events or experiences during …

Preoperative medication is dominated by tradition. As Beecher remarked more than 20
years ago,“empirical procedures firmly entrenched in the habits of good doctors seem to …

1. Ten postcards were shown to groups of ten to twenty patients over 60, 90 or 270 min after
intravenous injection of saline, diazepam (10 and 20 mg), flunitrazepam (1 and 2 mg) and …

This study evaluated the effects of flurazepam 30 mg, lorazepam 4 mg, triazolam 0.5 mg,
and placebo upon sleep and memory in eleven normal male subjects continuously …

The ability of a number of drugs to abolish the emergence delirium and unpleasant dreams
which follow anaesthesia induced with 2 mg/kg ketamine was studied. These included three …