Enhanced human memory consolidation with post-learning stress: Interaction with the degree of arousal at encoding

Learning and Memory

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 270-274

  Cahill, Larry ^a   Gorski, Lukasz ^a   Le, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; COLD; EMOTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; STRESS;

EID: 0042470849     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.62403     Document Type: Article

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