Title |
The effects of bromazepam over the central and frontal areas during a motor task: an EEG study
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Published in |
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, April 2015
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DOI | 10.1590/0004-282x20150011 |
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Authors |
Suzete Fortunato, Guaraci Ken Tanaka, Fernanda Araújo, Juliana Bittencourt, Danielle Aprigio, Mariana Gongora, Silmar Teixeira, Fernando Augusto Monteiro Saboia Pompeu, Mauricio Cagy, Luis F. Basile, Pedro Ribeiro, Bruna Velasques |
Abstract |
The present study investigates the influence of bromazepam while executing a motor task. Specifically, we intend to analyze the changes in alpha absolute power under two experimental conditions, bromazepam and placebo. We also included analyses of theta and beta frequencies. We collected electroencephalographic data before, during, and after motor task execution. We used a Two Way ANOVA to investigate the condition (PL × Br6 mg) and moment (pre and post) variables for the following electrodes: Fp1, Fp2, F7, F3, Fz, F4, F8, C3, CZ and C4. We found a main effect for condition on the electrodes FP1, F7, F3, Fz, F4, C3 and CZ, for alpha and beta bands. For beta band we also found a main effect for condition on the electrodes Fp2, F8 and C4; for theta band we identified a main effect for condition on C3, Cz and C4 electrodes. This finding suggests that the motor task did not have any influence on the electrocortical activity in alpha, and that the existing modifications were a consequence due merely to the drug use. Despite its anxiolytic and sedative action, bromazepam did not show any significant changes when the individuals executed a finger extension motor task. |
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