Memory for emotional events: Differential effects of centrally versus peripherally acting β-blocking agents

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 305-310

  Van Stegeren, Anda H ^a   Everaerd, Walter ^a   Cahill, Larry ^b   McGaugh, James L ^b   Gooren, Louis J G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b University of Irvine   (United States)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adrenergic activation; Blocker; Arousal; Emotion; Memory; Memory for emotional events; Nadolol; Propranolol

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NADOLOL; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NADOLOL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROPRANOLOL; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA;

EID: 0031927530     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050675     Document Type: Article

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