[Procedural learning and anxiolytic effects: electroencephalographic, motor and attentional measures]

Autor: Claudio Elidio, Portella, Julio Guilherme, Silva, Victor Hugo, Bastos, Dionis, Machado, Marlo, Cunha, Maurício, Cagy, Luis, Basile, Roberto, Piedade, Pedro, Ribeiro
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria. 64(2B)
ISSN: 0004-282X
Popis: The objective of the present study was to evaluate attentional, motor and electroencephalographic (EEG) parameters during a procedural task when subjects have ingested 6 mg of bromazepam. The sample consisted of 26 healthy subjects, male or female, between 19 and 36 years of age. The control (placebo) and experimental (bromazepam 6 mg) groups were submitted to a typewriting task in a randomized, double-blind design. The findings did not show significant differences in attentional and motor measures between groups. Coherence measures (qEEG) were evaluated between scalp regions, in theta, alpha and beta bands. A first analysis revealed a main effect for condition (Anova 2-way--condition versus blocks). A second Anova 2-way (condition versus scalp regions) showed a main effect for both factors. The coherence measure was not a sensitive tool at demonstrating differences between cortical areas as a function of procedural learning.
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