Stress weakens prefrontal networks: Molecular insults to higher cognition

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1376-1385

  Arnsten, Amy F T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CATECHOLAMINE; CYCLIC AMP; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; GUANFACINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PRAZOSIN; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ACUTE STRESS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS STRIATUM; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; ANIMAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84942436905     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4087     Document Type: Review

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