The stressed hippocampus, synaptic plasticity and lost memories

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 453-462

  Kim, Jeansok J ^a   Diamond, David M ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROSECRETION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STRESS; SYNAPSE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; STRESS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0036593119     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn849     Document Type: Article

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