Steroid modulation of hippocampal plasticity: Switching between cognitive and emotional memories

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH, 2012, Pages

  Maggio, Nicola ^a,b   Segal, Menahem ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Corticosterone receptors; Hippocampus; LTP; Stress; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE; STRESS HORMONE;

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW;

EID: 84859315957     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2012.00012     Document Type: Review

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