A single dose of citalopram increases fear recognition in healthy subjects

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 684-690

  Browning, M ^a   Reid, C ^a   Cowen, P J ^a   Goodwin, G M ^a   Harmer, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Citalopram; Depression; Emotional processing; Memory; Perception; SSRI

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ATTENTION; CITALOPRAM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STARTLE REACTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547136369     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881106074062     Document Type: Article

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