β-adrenergic blockade during memory retrieval in humans evokes a sustained reduction of declarative emotional memory enhancement

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3959-3963

  Kroes, Marijn C W ^a,b   Strange, Bryan A ^a   Dolan, Raymond J ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST CENTRE FOR NEUROIMAGING   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY ENHANCEMENT; MEMORY RETRIEVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PROPRANOLOL; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949719429     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5469-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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