Effects of the beta-blocker propranolol on cued and contextual fear conditioning in humans

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 342-352

  Grillon, Christian ^a   Cordova, Jeremy ^b   Morgan, Charles Andrew ^b   Charney, Dennis S ^a   Davis, Michael ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta adrenergic receptors; Context conditioning; Electrodermal activity; Emotional memories; Fear conditioning; Fear potentiated startle; Propranolol

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROPRANOLOL; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 5444272903     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-004-1819-5     Document Type: Article

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