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Study · Non-randomized trial · 1984

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Vasopressin analog (DDAVP) improves memory in human males.

Beckwith BE, Till RE, Schneider V

Peptides1 Jul 1984Cited by 37 (Europe PMC)

PMID6494028 (opens in a new tab)DOI10.1016/0196-9781(84)90028-7 (opens in a new tab)PepBankPUB-06494028
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Summary

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Results from this study2

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  1. 01HumanNon-randomized trialEfficacy outcome

    In healthy young adult men, DDAVP improved memory for implicational sentences versus controls.

    In plain wordsIn healthy young men, DDAVP improved sentence memory compared with controls.

    Peptide
    Desmopressin
    Outcome
    Direction not reportedMemory for implicational sentences in men
    Study

    n: not reported in source

    Comparator
    Control subjects
    Outcome group
    Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
    Studied dose
    Dose not stated

    Source sentences

    Summary
    Healthy young male adult subjects treated with DDAVP demonstrated better memory for implicational sentences than did control subjects.
  2. 02HumanNon-randomized trialEfficacy outcome

    In women, DDAVP had no influence on the same memory task.

    In plain wordsIn women, DDAVP did not affect the same memory task.

    Peptide
    Desmopressin
    Outcome
    No significant changeMemory task in women
    Study

    n: not reported in source

    Outcome group
    Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
    Studied dose
    Dose not stated

    Source sentences

    Summary
    The same treatment had no influence on women given the same memory task.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    Healthy young male adult subjects treated with DDAVP demonstrated better memory for implicational sentences than did control subjects.

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  1. Version 2Current

    28 Oct 2026, 02:03 UTC

    Study results updated

  2. Version 1

    27 Oct 2026, 16:35 UTC

    First added · source update from Europe PMC

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