Beta blockers also block memories

Yahoo has clips from a recent 60 minutes special posted online on using propanolol to 'weaken' the memories associated with highly stressful events. Propanolol is a beta blocker, and epinephrine is a beta agonist. All sorts of beta receptors in the amygdala, which is the next door neighbors with the hippocampus; presently thought of as the seat of memory.

If you're teaching a psychopharmacology class, here's another chance to show a movie in class. Another popular take on the article is here, and the published article in Biological Psychology is here.