Stress Amplifies Memory for Social Hierarchy

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 175-184

  Cordero, María Isabel ^a   Sandi, Carmen ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

dominance hierarchy; learning; memory; protein synthesis; rat; social recognition; social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SOCIAL HIERARCHY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS;

EID: 78650170388     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.01.1.1.013.2007     Document Type: Article

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