The Basolateral Amygdala Interacts with the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Regulating Glucocorticoid Effects on Working Memory Impairment

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1385-1392

  Roozendaal, Benno ^a,b   McReynolds, Jayme R ^a   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenoceptor; Corticosterone; Delayed alternation task; Glucocorticoid receptor; Norepinephrine; Propranolol; RU 28362; Stress hormone

Indexed keywords

11BETA,17BETA DIHYDROXY 6 METHYL 17ALPHA (1 PROPYNYL)ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIEN 3 ONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROPRANOLOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; STEROID THERAPY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROSTANOLS; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 1242269216     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4664-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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