Haloperidol increases false recognition memory of thematically related pictures in healthy volunteers.
Hum Psychopharmacol
; 32(1)2017 01.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27925283
Dopamine can modulate long-term episodic memory. Its potential role on the generation of false memories, however, is less well known. In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled experiment, 24 young healthy volunteers ingested a 4-mg oral dose of haloperidol, a dopamine D2 -receptor antagonist, or placebo, before taking part in a recognition memory task. Haloperidol was active during both study and test phases of the experiment. Participants in the haloperidol group produced more false recognition responses than those in the placebo group, despite similar levels of correct recognition. These findings show that dopamine blockade in healthy volunteers can specifically increase false recognition memory.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estimulação Luminosa
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Repressão Psicológica
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Antagonistas de Dopamina
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Reconhecimento Psicológico
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Haloperidol
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Memória
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hum Psychopharmacol
Assunto da revista:
PSICOFARMACOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Reino Unido