Acute stress does not impair long-term memory retrieval in older people

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-24

  Pulopulos, Matias M ^a   Almela, Mercedes ^a   Hidalgo, Vanesa ^a   Villada, Carolina ^a   Puig Perez, Sara ^a   Salvador, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Aging; Cortisol; HPA axis; Hypothalamus Pituitary Adrenal axis; Memory retrieval; Older adults; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY RETRIEVAL; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACUTE STRESS; AGING; CORTISOL; HPA-AXIS; HYPOTHALAMUS-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; MEMORY RETRIEVAL; OLDER ADULTS; STRESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84878175074     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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