The role and mechanisms of action of glucocorticoid involvement in memory storage

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 41-52

  Sandi, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion molecules; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoid receptors; Glutamatergic transmission; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

CHICKEN; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEAR; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0032323301     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/NP.1998.41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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