DTIC ADA615056: Using Propranolol to Block Memory pdf

DTIC ADA615056: Using Propranolol to Block Memory

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One of the hallmark features of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a marked increased in physical arousal (i.e., increased heart rate, muscle tension, etc.) when recalling a trauma-related memory. In this manner, a treatment that decreased the hyper-arousal of a traumatic memory to less-impairing levels may do well in allowing an individual with PTSD to return to his or her daily life. However, there is an imbalance at the heart of combat PTSD-related research: in over three decades worth of research on combat stress PTSD physiology, only 3% (66 out of 1,985 participants) of the Veterans studied were women. This paucity of research is in the face of the fact that PTSD is twice as likely to occur in women. Our research investigates a novel method of reducing the hyper-arousal associated with combat memories in Female Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom Veterans with PTSD. Our study compares Female Veterans who take propranolol after a combat memory to both Female Veterans who take a non-active placebo pill after a combat memory and those who take propranolol after a non-combat memory (to make sure that propranolol doesn t have a general effect on physical reactions).

All participants in our study are tested during the early follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, a time in which levels of estrogen are low. Dr. Aikins has left Yale University and accepted a position at The Wayne State University and VA Detroit Healthcare System. The award was successfully transferred in the Fall semester of 2013. IRB and HRPO amendments were approved and recruitment is ongoing

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 10/1/2014
• Year: 2014
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, , WAYNE STATE UNIV DETROIT MI, *FEMALES, *POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, *VETERANS(MILITARY PERSONNEL), CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS, GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY), HEALTH, HEART RATE, MEMORY(PSYCHOLOGY), MUSCLES, STRESSES, TENSION

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