Remembering under stress: Different roles of autonomic arousal and glucocorticoids in memory retrieval

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 249-256

  Schönfeld, Pia ^a   Ackermann, Karina ^a   Schwabe, Lars ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic arousal; Cortisol; Memory; Memory retrieval; Noradrenaline; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SALIVA LEVEL; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; EMOTION; LEARNING; MEMORY TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUTONOMIC AROUSAL; CORTISOL; MEMORY; MEMORY RETRIEVAL; NORADRENALINE; STRESS;

ADULT; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84888021875     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.09.020     Document Type: Article

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