Odors as effective retrieval cues for stressful episodes

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 112, Issue , 2014, Pages 230-236

  Wiemers, Uta S ^a   Sauvage, Magdalena M ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Context effect; HPA axis; Memory; Odor; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; ODOR RECOGNITION TEST; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY MEMORY; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; EPISODIC MEMORY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SALIVA; SECRETION (PROCESS); YOUNG ADULT;

ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; ODORS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SALIVA; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; SMELL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901926241     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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