Differential effects of chronic stress on memory processes in the tree shrew

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 379-387

  Ohl, Frauke ^a   Fuchs, Eberhard ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid hormones; Hippocampus; Holeboard; Memory; Stress; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSECTIVORE; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SPACE PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 0032961094     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(98)00042-1     Document Type: Article

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