Stressed memories: How acute stress affects memory formation in humans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 32, 2009, Pages 10111-10119

  Henckens, Marloes J A G ^a,c   Hermans, Erno J ^a,b   Pu, Zhenwei ^a,c   Joëls, Marian ^c   Fernández, Guillén ^a,b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; HEART RATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HEART RATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849115294     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1184-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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