Sunday, January 31, 2010

Propranolol

Propranolol is a Beta-noradregenic receptor antagonist (beta blocker) with a wide variety of uses. It is used to treat hypertension.

It has been administered in the ER after a patient has undergone a traumatic event in order to blunt memories of the event (implicating NE in the role of memory consolidation). The effects of beta-blockers in blunting memory formation has not been conclusively validated, though it is a common practice.

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