Skip to content

Opening book details…

Can I read Desamino-d-arg8-vasopressin (DDAVP), unlike ethanol, has no effect on a boring visual vigilance task in humans on EtoBox?

Desamino-d-arg8-vasopressin (DDAVP), unlike ethanol, has no effect on a boring visual vigilance task in humans by A. Sahgal; C. Wright; I. N. Ferrier is a Neuroscience article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Desamino-d-arg8-vasopressin (DDAVP), unlike ethanol, has no effect on a boring visual vigilance task in humans about?

It has been suggested that vasopressin (VP) and its analogues such as desamino-D-argS-vasopressin (DDAVP) affect cognitive (including mnemonic) and attentional processes in man. We describe the effects of DDAVP and ethanol (EtOH) on young, healthy human volunteers, using a recently developed visual search task which assesses attention and vigilance. Over a 1-h session, the subject has to detect the occurrence of certain digits in a long list of random characters. A low dose of EtOH (0.33 ml/kg) tended to improve, and a higher dose (1.0 ml/kg) disrupted performance. DDAVP (20 or 60 pg/subject) had no effect whatsoever. It is concluded that intranasal administration of the peptide analogue does not markedly affect attention performance in human subjects.

Who reads Desamino-d-arg8-vasopressin (DDAVP), unlike ethanol, has no effect on a boring visual vigilance task in humans?

It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Neuroscience.

Author
A. Sahgal; C. Wright; I. N. Ferrier
Publisher
Springer; Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0033-3158)
Published
1985
Language
EN
Field
Neuroscience (Life Sciences)

More by A. Sahgal; C. Wright; I. N. Ferrier

Browse all works by A. Sahgal; C. Wright; I. N. Ferrier