Memory for emotional material: a comparison of central versus peripheral beta blockade.

Journal article

The connection between affect and memory is poorly understood. A possible psychopharmacological linking mechanism is the sympathetic arousal that occurs in response to threatening or emotive material. Cahill et al. (1994) reported that a single administration of 40 mg propranolol hydrochloride, a non-selective beta-adrenergic blocker, to healthy young adults significantly reduced delayed recall of emotive material, with recall of matched neutral material unaffected. This study differed import...

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Authors: O'Carroll, R; Drysdale, E; Cahill, L; Shajahan, P; Ebmeier, K

• Journal: Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England)
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 32-39
• Publication date: 1999-01-01
• DOI: 10.1177/026988119901300104
• EISSN: 1461-7285
• ISSN: 0269-8811
• Language: English
• Keywords: Blood Pressure; Female; Stress, Psychological; Adult; Propranolol; Male; Emotions; Memory, Short-Term; Central Nervous System; Heart Rate; Blood-Brain Barrier; Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; Humans; Peripheral Nervous System; Memory; Nadolol