The effect of propranolol on cognitive flexibility and memory in acute cocaine withdrawal

Neurocase

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 320-327

  Kelley, Brendan J ^a   Yeager, Kenneth R ^b   Pepper, Tom H ^b,c   Bornstein, Robert A ^b   Beversdorf, David Q ^b,c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Cognitive flexibility; Noradrenergic; Problem solving; Propranolol; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE COCAINE WITHDRAWAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; WORD RECOGNITION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROPRANOLOL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 52249120652     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790701846148     Document Type: Article

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