Sleep, Hormones, and Memory

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 809-829

  Born, Jan ^a   Wagner, Ullrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hormones; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal system; Memory; Sleep

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; EMOTION; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NIGHT SLEEP; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURAL MEMORY; RECALL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

AMYGDALA; GROWTH HORMONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MEMORY; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 70449738592     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2009.10.001     Document Type: Review

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