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reaction times than females. Almost all of the male-female difference appears to be
accounted for by the lag between the presentation of the stimulus and the beginning of
muscle contraction (Botwinick and Thompson, 1966). Also, similar to Tomi et al.
(1993) who showed an elevation of auditory reaction time, we obtained similar results
for visual reaction time. N2O decreased VSRT performance in both sexes, but this was
more pronounced in females. The results of this study demonstrate no genderdifferences
in acute tolerance to inert gas narcosis.
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