Stressful experience and learning across the llFESPAN

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2006, Pages 55-85

  Shors, Tracey J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Hippocampus; Memory; Neurogenesis; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 32544448533     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.57.102904.190205     Document Type: Review

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