Noradrenergic modulation of emotion-induced forgetting and remembering

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 27, 2005, Pages 6343-6349

  Hurlemann, René ^a   Hawellek, Barbara ^a   Matusch, Andreas ^b   Kolsch, Heike ^a   Wollersen, Heike ^a   Madea, Burkhard ^a   Vogeley, Kai ^a   Maier, Wolfgang ^a   Dolan, Raymond J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Episodic memory; Free recall; Norepinephrine; Propranolol; Reboxetine

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LACTOSE; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; REBOXETINE;

ADULT; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ADULT; AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; AMYGDALA; AROUSAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MORPHOLINES; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROPRANOLOL;

EID: 21844432921     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0228-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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