Cortisol effects on fear memory reconsolidation in women

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 233, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 2687-2697

  Meir Drexler, Shira ^a   Merz, Christian J ^a   Hamacher Dang, Tanja C ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Glucocorticoids; Memory reactivation; Reinstatement; Return of fear; Sex differences; Skin conductance response

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLACEBO; SEX HORMONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; FEAR CONDITIONING TEST; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY RECONSOLIDATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULATION; STUDY DESIGN; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965010980     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-016-4314-x     Document Type: Article

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