Acute stress impairs the retrieval of extinction memory in humans

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 112, Issue , 2014, Pages 212-221

  Raio, Candace M ^a   Brignoni Perez, Edith ^b   Goldman, Rachel ^a   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Extinction retrieval; Fear conditioning; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; SALIVA LEVEL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SECRETION (PROCESS); YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901951560     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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