Psychological stress impairs spatial working memory: Relevance to electrophysiological studies of hippocampal function

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 661-672

  Diamond, David M ^a,c   Ingersoll, Nan ^a   Fleshner, Monika ^b   Rose, Gregory M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0029808037     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.4.661     Document Type: Article

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