Updated and rectified meta-analysis shows no effect of propranolol versus placebo on traumatic memory reconsolidation

Serge A Steenen1, Roos van Westrhenen1, Jan de Lange1

  • 1From the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers/Academic Center for Dentistry (ACTA), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Steenen, de Lange); the Department of Oral Public Health, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Steenen, de Jongh); the Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (van Westrhenen); the Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands (van Westrhenen); the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, London, UK (van Westrhenen); the Institute of Health and Society, University of Worcester, Worcester, UK (de Jongh); the School of Psychology, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland (de Jongh).

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