The influence of stress hormones on fear circuitry

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue , 2009, Pages 289-313

  Rodrigues, Sarina M ^a,b   LeDoux, Joseph E ^c,d   Sapolsky, Robert M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Glucocorticoids; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; NORADRENALIN; STRESS HORMONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL MEDULLA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; LONG TERM MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; FEAR; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67651021136     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: 15454126     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.051508.135620     Document Type: Review

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