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Table 2.

Characteristics of included reconsolidation studies

Study	Materials	Participants, propranolol:placebo	Sex, %		Age, mean (SD) [range] yr	Study protocol	Outcome measures

			Male	Female
Miller et al., unpublished*	Differential fear conditioning	42:25	50	50	25 (4.2)	Day 1: learning Day 2: propanolol 5 min after reactivation Day 3: LTM test	Skin conductance response to conditioned stimulus during extinction day 3
de Quervain et al.⁴⁵	Emotionally valenced word list crossover design	14:14	50	50	23.9 (2.9)	Day 1: learning Day 2: 40 mg 60 min before LTM test, 2nd LTM test 2 wk later	Free recall number of words
Kindt et al.⁴⁶*	Differential fear conditioning	40:20	28	72	20.7 (2.4)	Day 1: learning; Day 2: 40 mg 90 min before memory reactivation Day 3: LTM test	Fear potentiated startle to conditioned stimulus during extinction day 3
Tollenaar et al.⁴⁷	Emotionally valenced word list	27:26	100		20.6 (2.1)	Wk 1: learning Wk 2: 80 mg 75 min before memory task Wk 3: memory task	% recognition nouns week 3
Tollenaar et al.³⁴	Script-driven imagery	27:26	100		20.7 (2.2)	Wk 1: script preparation Wk 2: 80 mg 90 min before memory reactivation Wk 3: Heart rate and skin conductance response to emotional script	Heart rate and skin conductance response week 3
Soeter et al.⁴⁸*	Differential fear conditioning	40:20	25	75	20.4 (3.8)	Day 1: learning Day 2: 40 mg 90 min before reactivation Day 3: LTM test	Fear potentiated startle to conditioned stimulus during extinction day 3
Kroes et al.⁴⁹	Emotionally valenced word list	12:12	58	42	24.4	Day 1: learning Day 2: 40 mg 90 min before reactivation Day 3: LTM test	% free recall day 3
Schwabe et al.²²	Emotionally valenced pictures	13:13	50	50	[18–30]	Day 1: learning Day 2: 40 mg 90 min before reactivation Day 3: LTM test	% recognition pictures day 3

SD = standard deviation; LTM = long-term memory.

Some participants received propranolol with no memory reactivation; these data are excluded from statistical analysis: 19 in Miller et al. (unpublished), 20 in Kindt et al.⁴⁶ and 20 in Soeter et al.⁴⁹