L-DOPA improves extinction memory retrieval after successful fear extinction.
- 2019-06-26
- RCT · n = 79
- Psychopharmacology 236(12)
- A M V Gerlicher
- O Tüscher
- R Kalisch
- PubMed: 31243481
- DOI: 10.1007/s00213-019-05301-4
- High evidence
- Adults
post-extinction L-DOPA compared to placebo administration reduced conditioned responses at test only in participants showing a complete reduction of conditioned fear at the end of extinction.
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- 150 mg