Glucocorticoids are necessary for enhancing the acquisition of associative memories after acute stressful experience

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 124-131

  Beylin, Anna V ^a   Shors, Tracey J ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0037218321     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(02)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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