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. 1984;18(Suppl 1):91S–93S. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1984.tb02587.x

Effects of centrally depressant drugs on pupillary function

Significance for normal and diseased subjects

A B Safran
PMCID: PMC1463333  PMID: 6525332

Abstract

1 The response of the pupil to centrally depressant drugs is discussed and the technique to induce cyclical variations in pupil size is described.

Keywords: centrally acting drugs, pupillary function

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