Contribution of norepinephrine to emotional memory consolidation during sleep

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1342-1350

  Groch, Sabine ^a   Wilhelm, Ines ^a   Diekelmann, Susanne ^a   Sayk, Friedhelm ^a   Gais, Steffen ^b   Born, Jan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Clonidine; Emotional memory; Norepinephrine; Slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HEART RATE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NOREPINEPHRINE; PLACEBOS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052696655     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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