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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 303, Issue 1, Pages 29-32Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01695-0
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N-methyl-D-aspartate; ketamine; reaction time; glutamate
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Ketamine is an N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist that induces cognitive dysfunctions. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of a subanesthetic dose of ketamine on human information processing, using the additive factor method. During perfusion of a subanesthetic dose of ketamine (0.5 mg/kg over 60 min) or a placebo (randomized double-blind, cross-over design), eight adults (aged 22-33, mean = 27) performed a two-choice visual reaction time (RT) task. Signal intensity, stimulus-response mapping, and foreperiod duration wens manipulated. The effects of these three variables were found to be additive on RT, indicating that three independent stages - namely, stimulus preprocessing, response selection and motor selection- were manipulated. Ketamine altered RT performance in a specific way: it interacted with foreperiod duration but its effect was additive with those of signal intensity and stimulus-response mapping. These results show that ketamine specifically affects the stage of motor adjustment, which suggests that the glutamatergic system plays an important role in motor processes. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
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