Noradrenergic blockade and memory in patients with major depression and healthy participants

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-90

  Kuffel, Anja ^a   Eikelmann, Sarah ^a   Terfehr, Kirsten ^a   Mau, Gunnar ^b   Kuehl, Linn K ^c   Otte, Christian ^c   Löwe, Bernd ^a   Spitzer, Carsten ^d   Wingenfeld, Katja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Asklepios Fachklinikum Tiefenbrunn   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 receptor agonist; Major depressive disorder; Memory consolidation and retrieval; Noradrenergic system; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AMYLASE; CLONIDINE; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO; YOHIMBINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION AND RETRIEVAL; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; WORKING MEMORY; Α2 RECEPTOR AGONIST;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC NEURONS; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLONIDINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NOREPINEPHRINE; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893394821     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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