Brief, pre-retrieval stress differentially influences long-term memory depending on sex and corticosteroid response

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 277-285

  Zoladz, Phillip R ^a   Kalchik, Andrea E ^a   Hoffman, Mackenzie M ^a   Aufdenkampe, Rachael L ^a   Burke, Hanna M ^a   Woelke, Sarah A ^a   Pisansky, Julia M ^a   Talbot, Jeffery N ^a,b  

^a OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROSEMAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cortisol; Emotion; Hippocampus; Memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; CORTISOL; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893471918     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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