Chronic stress effects on memory: Sex differences in performance and monoaminergic activity

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-59

  Bowman, Rachel E ^a,b,c   Beck, Kevin D ^d   Luine, Victoria N ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Neurobehavioral Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Corticosterone; Monoamines; Sex differences; Spatial memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROGEN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ATROPHY; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CROWDING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTIVATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0344406811     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(02)00022-3     Document Type: Review

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