Trauma reactivation plus propranolol is associated with durably low physiological responding during subsequent script-driven traumatic imagery

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 228-232

  Brunet, Alain ^a,b   Thomas, Émilie ^c   Saumier, Daniel ^a,b   Ashbaugh, Andrea R ^d   Azzoug, Abdelmadjid ^a   Pitman, Roger K ^e   Orr, Scott P ^e   Tremblay, Jacques ^a,b  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Propranolol; Reconsolidation; Traumatic stress; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HABITUATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PROPRANOLOL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900320899     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371405900408     Document Type: Article

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