Adrenocortical suppression blocks the enhancement of memory storage produced by exposure to psychological stress in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 821, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 134-140

  Liu, Li ^a   Tsuji, Minoru ^a   Takeda, Hiroshi ^a   Takada, Kaori ^a   Matsumiya, Teruhiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Memory; Metyrapone; Psychological stress; Rat; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; METYRAPONE; OXYGENASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CORTICOSTERONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MEMORY; METYRAPONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SECRETORY RATE; SEROTONIN; STEROID 11-BETA-HYDROXYLASE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033528473     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01085-9     Document Type: Article

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