Topics in Geriatrics
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
- Vol. 7 (1) , 66-67
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089198879400700112
Abstract
In a randomized double-blind study, the effect of hypericum extract was compared to that of maprotiline in 24 healthy volunteers. The investigations included measurements of resting EEG as well as visual and acoustic evoked potentials. In resting EEGs, both medications revealed oppositely directed changes in the theta frequencies, and mainly similarly directed changes in alpha and beta frequencies. Measurements of evoked potentials in the theta and beta frequencies supported these results. The results indicate improved cognitive functions mainly with the treatment of hypericum extract. (J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 1994; 7(suppl 1): S44-S46).This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: