Endogenous cortisol level interacts with noradrenergic activation in the human amygdala

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-66

  van Stegeren, Anda H ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^b   Everaerd, Walter ^a   Scheltens, Philip ^c,d   Barkhof, Frederik ^c,d   Rombouts, Serge A R B ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cortisol; fMRI; Human; Noradrenaline

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA; SAMPLE; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NOREPINEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33751063546     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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