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Gene x environment interaction and cognitive performance: animal studies on the role of corticosterone.
Neurobiology of learning and memory - 1 Nov 2002
de Kloet E Ronald, Grootendorst Jeannette, Karssen Adriaan M, Oitzl Melly S
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A fundamental question in the neurobiology of cognition is how stress and glucocorticoids modify learning and memory processes. Why some individuals develop cognitive deficits after stress, while other individuals improve in cognitive performance under similar adverse conditions is still unresolved. To address these questions we focus on those issues. First, corticosterone, which appears to be the preferred...
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