Interactions between epinephrine, ascending vagal fibers, and central noradrenergic systems in modulating memory for emotionally arousing events

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUNE, 2012, Pages

  Chen, C C ^a   Williams, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotional arousal; Epinephrine; Learning; Memory; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADRENALIN RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITIVE STIMULUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REWARD; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84864386770     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00035     Document Type: Article

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