Pre-encoding administration of amphetamine or THC preferentially modulates emotional memory in humans

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 515-529

  Ballard, Michael E ^a   Gallo, David A ^a   De Wit, Harriet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Arousal; Drug abuse; Drugs; Emotional; Human; Memory; Mood; THC

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE; DRONABINOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876490996     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2924-5     Document Type: Article

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