Three weeks of SSRI administration enhances the visual perceptual threshold - a randomized placebo-controlled study.
Rationale: The serotonergic system has been repeatedly linked to visual attention in general, but the effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) on specific components of visual attention remain unknown. Changes in distinct perceptual and cognitive processes are not readily evident in...
| Publicado en: | Psychopharmacology Vol. 236; no. 6; pp. 1759 - 1770 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2019
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