The unusual combination of a normal pattern reversal VEP and a delayed flash VEP has been reported in patients with dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT). Hyoscine hydrobromide has been reported to produce a similar VEP abnormality in young, healthy subjects. In the present study, we assessed the
The history of pharmacotherapy of mental illness can be divided into three periods. Introduction of morphine, potassium bromide, chloral hydrate, hyoscine, paraldehyde, etc., during the second half of the 19th century (first period), led to the replacement of physical restraint by pharmacological