title: Stress Effects on Multiple Memory System Interactions.
abstract: Extensive behavioural, pharmacological, and neurological research reports stress effects on mammalian memory processes. While stress effects on memory quantity have been known for decades, the influence of stress on multiple memory systems and their distinct contributions to the learning process have only recently been described. In this paper, after summarizing the fundamental biological aspects of stress/emotional arousal and recapitulating functionally and anatomically distinct memory systems, we review recent animal and human studies exploring the effects of stress on multiple memory systems. Apart from discussing the interaction between distinct memory systems in stressful situations, we will also outline the fundamental role of the amygdala in mediating such stress effects. Additionally, based on the methods applied in the herein discussed studies, we will discuss how memory translates into behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology and Interdisciplinary Platform Psychiatry and Psychology, Division of Molecular and Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuropsychology and Behavioural Neurology Unit, University of Basel, Birmannsgasse 8, 4055 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ness
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology and Interdisciplinary Platform Psychiatry and Psychology, Division of Molecular and Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuropsychology and Behavioural Neurology Unit, University of Basel, Birmannsgasse 8, 4055 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Calabrese
mesh_terms: D000679:Amygdala / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D001143:Arousal; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000503:physiopathology; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000503:physiopathology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*