Memory for emotional material: A comparison of central versus peripheral beta blockade

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-39

  O'Carroll, Ronan E ^a   Drysdale, E ^a   Cahill, L ^b   Shajahan, P ^c   Ebmeier, K P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Emotion; Human; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS AND NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEMS; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; NADOLOL; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033025131     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026988119901300104     Document Type: Article

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