[Differences in the effect of diazepam on realized and non-realized conditioned emotional reactions].

Evoked cortical potentials in response to conditioned visual stimuli were recorded in excitable psychopathic personalities in the course of formation and reproduction of temporary relations with a realized or non-realized emotional word. Diazepam (10 mg intramuscularly) suppresses cortical reaction worked out previously with the aid of a realized emotional word and fails to produce and action if that word was non-realized. The fact of the lack of the diazepam effect on conditioned emotional reactions formed at the non-realized level should be taken into consideration in the treatment of patients with disturbances in the emotional sphere.

[Effect of diazepam on the formation of temporal connections by means of recognizable visual stimuli].

In emotionally labile persons the role of the limbic link in the structure of temporary connections formed by means of a realized emotionally significant word, was studied with the help of diazepam. The diazepam turned out to be an effective agent for studying the mechanisms underlying the formation and reproduction of temporary connections in man. Against the background of its action it is not possible to elaborate a conditioned cortical reaction on emotionally significant reinforcement.