Sex-related impairment of memory for emotional events with β-adrenergic blockade

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-88

  Cahill, Larry ^a   Van Stegeren, Anda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PREDICTION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AMYGDALA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROPRANOLOL; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037227293     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7427(02)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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