Stress impairs acquisition of delay eyeblink conditioning in men and women

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 431-436

  Wolf, Oliver T ^a   Minnebusch, Denise ^a   Daum, Irene ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cortisol; Delay eyeblink conditioning; Hippocampus; Humans; Sex differences; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINKING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62749095221     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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