Response To: "Updated and Rectified Meta-analysis Shows No Effect of Propranolol Versus Placebo on Traumatic Memory Reconsolidation Disruption"

Overview

Journal J Psychiatry Neurosci

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2022 Sep 21

PMID 36130813

Authors

Alain Brunet

Michelle Lonergan

Sereena Pigeon

Daniel Saumier

Scott Orr

Roger Pitman

Affiliations

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