Novelty-induced emotional arousal modulates cannabinoid effects on recognition memory and adrenocortical activity

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1276-1286

  Campolongo, Patrizia ^a   Morena, Maria ^a   Scaccianoce, Sergio ^a   Trezza, Viviana ^b   Chiarotti, Flavia ^c   Schelling, Gustav ^d   Cuomo, Vincenzo ^a   Roozendaal, Benno ^e,f  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cannabinoid receptors; corticosterone levels; emotional arousal; glucocorticoids; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; WIN55,212 2

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METYRAPONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EMOTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BENZOXAZINES; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMOTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; METYRAPONE; MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHALENES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878604116     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.26     Document Type: Article

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