title: Role of adrenal stress hormones in forming lasting memories in the brain.
abstract: Recent experiments investigating the effects of adrenal stress hormones on memory provide extensive evidence that epinephrine and glucocorticoids modulate long-term memory consolidation in animals and human subjects. Release of norepinephrine and activation of beta-adrenoceptors within the basolateral amygdala is critical in mediating adrenal stress hormone regulation of memory consolidation.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory and Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-3800, USA.
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: McGaugh
authors.forename: Benno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roozendaal
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D000679:Amygdala / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000378:metabolism; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic; D004837:Epinephrine