Norepinephrine-mediated emotional arousal facilitates subsequent pattern separation

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 465-469

  Segal, Sabrina K ^a   Stark, Shauna M ^a   Kattan, David ^a   Stark, Craig E ^a   Yassa, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Emotion; Norepinephrine; Pattern separation

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DENTATE GYRUS; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN SEPARATION; RECOGNITION; SALIVA LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-AMYLASES; AROUSAL; DENTATE GYRUS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; NOREPINEPHRINE; SALIVA;

EID: 84861194640     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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