Noradrenergic-glucocorticoid modulation of emotional memory encoding in the human hippocampus

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2167-2176

  Kukolja, J ^a,b,c   Klingmuller D ^a   Maier, W ^a   Fink, G R ^b,c   Hurlemann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; emotion; fMRI; hippocampus; memory; noradrenaline; stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; REBOXETINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY; MORPHOLINES; PLACEBOS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 80054891242     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711000183     Document Type: Article

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