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| Title |
Regulation of excitatory synapses and fearful memories by stress hormones
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, January 2011
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00062 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Harm Krugers |
| Abstract |
Memories for emotionally arousing and fearful events are generally well retained. From the evolutionary point of view this is a highly adaptive behavioral response aimed to remember relevant information. However, fearful memories can also be inappropriately and vividly (re)expressed, such as in posttraumatic stress disorder. The memory formation of emotionally arousing events is largely modulated by hormones, peptides, and neurotransmitters which are released during and after exposure to these conditions. One of the core reactions in response to a stressful situation is the rapid activation of the autonomic nervous system, which results in the release of norepinephrine in the brain. In addition, stressful events stimulate the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis which slowly increases the release of glucocorticoid hormones from the adrenal glands. Here we will review how glucocorticoids and norepinephrine regulate the formation of fearful memories in rodents and humans and how these hormones can facilitate the storage of information by regulating excitatory synapses. |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 100 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 94 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 17 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 13% |
| Other | 20 | 20% |
| Unknown | 7 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 28 | 28% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 26% |
| Neuroscience | 15 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 7% |
| Unknown | 12 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 December 2020.
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#1,271
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#16
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