Evidence for sex-specific shifting of neural processes underlying learning and memory following stress

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-211

  Beck, Kevin D ^a,b   Luine, Victoria N ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Caudate; Hippocampus; Learning; Memory; Monoamines; Ovarian hormones; Sex differences; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN;

ACUTE STRESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHRONIC STRESS; DRUG USE; ESTRUS CYCLE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRESS; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEURONS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72649097114     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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