The effects of noradrenergic blockade on extinction in humans

Biological Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 598-605

  Bos, Marieke G N ^a   Beckers, Tom ^a,b   Kindt, Merel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Declarative knowledge; Extinction; Fear potentiated startle reflex; Propranolol; Reconsolidation

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSHOCK; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROPRANOLOL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858006495     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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