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

Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2006 Jun;64(2B):478-84. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x2006000300024.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Anti-Anxiety Agents / pharmacology*
  • Attention / drug effects*
  • Brain Mapping
  • Bromazepam / pharmacology*
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Electroencephalography / drug effects
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Learning / drug effects*
  • Male
  • Motor Skills / drug effects*

Substances

  • Anti-Anxiety Agents
  • Bromazepam