Interactions between noradrenaline and corticosteroids in the brain: From electrical activity to cognitive performance

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH, 2012, Pages

  Krugers, Harm J ^a   Karst, Henk ^b   Joels, Marian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Electrophysiology; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Mouse

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; NORADRENALIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; STRESS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84859348945     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2012.00015     Document Type: Review

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