Modification of visual orientation illusions by drugs which influence dopamine and GABA neurones: Differential effects on simultaneous and successive illusions
✍ Scribed by M. H. Gelbtuch; J. E. Calvert; J. P. Harris; O. T. Phillipson
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 570 KB
- Volume
- 90
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-3158
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✦ Synopsis
The effects of haloperidol, nomifensine and lorazepam on the visual tilt illusion were studied in normal volunteers. Haloperidol and nomifensine produced no significant changes in the illusion, although in previous work they had been found to reduce and and enhance, respectively, a closely related illusion, the tilt aftereffect. By contrast, lorazepam produced a dose-related increment in the size of the tilt illusion, but had no effect on the tilt aftereffect. The results are discussed in relation to proposed mechanisms which may underlie the two kinds of illusion. The differential effects of individual drugs on the two illusions may reflect their differing actions on two processes: lateral inhibition and adaptation in visual channels.