THE EFFECT OF CARISOPRODOL ON PERFORMANCE ON REPEATEDLY ADMINISTERED NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

Authors
WATERLOO K FLATEN MA SIMONSEN T OLSEN H
Citation
K. Waterloo et al., THE EFFECT OF CARISOPRODOL ON PERFORMANCE ON REPEATEDLY ADMINISTERED NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS, Human psychopharmacology, 12(4), 1997, pp. 393-396
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology,"Pharmacology & Pharmacy","Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Human psychopharmacology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08856222
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
393 - 396
Database
ISI
SICI code
0885-6222(1997)12:4<393:TEOCOP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The present double-blind experiment investigated whether the muscle re laxant carisoprodol affected performance on three neuropsychological t ests. Our results showed no effect of carisoprodol on test scores, sug gesting no cerebral affection of carisoprodol in humans. There were no changes in skin conductance responses after carisoprodol administrati on, indicating that the arousal level was not affected. However, there was significant improvement in test scores across days for all tests, indicating that test scores improved with practice. (C) 1997 John Wil ey & Sons, Ltd.