Propranolol’s effects on the consolidation and reconsolidation of long-term emotional memory in healthy participants: a meta-analysis | Zendy

Michelle Lonergan | Zendy; Lening A. Olivera-Figueroa | Zendy; Roger K. Pitman | Zendy; Alain Brunet | Zendy

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Propranolol’s effects on the consolidation and reconsolidation of long-term emotional memory in healthy participants: a meta-analysis

Author(s) -

Michelle Lonergan,

Lening A. Olivera-Figueroa,

Roger K. Pitman,

Alain Brunet

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of psychiatry and neuroscience

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.767

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1488-2434

pISSN - 1180-4882

DOI - 10.1503/jpn.120111

Subject(s) - memory consolidation , propranolol , psychology , meta analysis , psycinfo , recall , placebo , consolidation (business) , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , medline , medicine , neuroscience , alternative medicine , accounting , pathology , political science , hippocampus , law , business

Considering the pivotal role of negative emotional experiences in the development and persistence of mental disorders, interfering with the consolidation/reconsolidation of such experiences would open the door to a novel treatment approach in psychiatry. We conducted a meta-analysis on the experimental evidence regarding the capacity of the ß-blocker propranolol to block the consolidation/reconsolidation of emotional memories in healthy adults.

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