Glucocorticoid effects on memory retrieval require concurrent noradrenergic activity in the hippocampus and basolateral amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 37, 2004, Pages 8161-8169

  Roozendaal, Benno ^a,c   Hahn, Emily L ^a   Nathan, Sheila V ^a   De Quervain, Dominique J F ^b   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenoceptor; Atenolol; Corticosterone; Emotional arousal; Glucocorticoid receptor; Norepinephrine; Propranolol; RU 28362; Spatial memory; Stress hormone; Xamoterol

Indexed keywords

11BETA,17BETA DIHYDROXY 6 METHYL 17ALPHA (1 PROPYNYL)ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIEN 3 ONE; ATENOLOL; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROPRANOLOL; XAMOTEROL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AMYGDALA; ANDROSTANOLS; ANIMALS; ATENOLOL; CORTICOSTERONE; EMOTIONS; ESCAPE REACTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; XAMOTEROL;

EID: 4644288235     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2574-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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