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中国科学院研究生院学报 2006
Effects of Glucocorticoids on Memory Consolidation and Retrieval
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Abstract:
Posttraining activation of glucocorticoid pathways usually enhances memory consolidation. The effects of glucocorticoid on memory consolidation, however, follow up an inverted-shape dose-response relationship. A high circulating level of glucocorticoids may impair memory retrieval processes by affecting the hippocampus. Glucocorticoid influences on memory consolidation depend on basolateral complex of the amygdala and interactions with other brain regions. These apparently dual effects of glucocorticoids on memory consolidation and memory retrieval might be related.