Emotional arousal and enhanced amygdala activity: New evidence for the old perseveration-consolidation hypothesis

Learning and Memory

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-79

  McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; EMOTION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 17144376006     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.93405     Document Type: Note

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