Stress is recognized as an important issue in basic and clinical neuroscience research,
based upon the founding historical studies by Walter Canon and Hans Selye in the past …

Emotionally significant experiences tend to be well remembered, and the amygdala has a
pivotal role in this process. But the efficient encoding of emotional memories can become …

Our memories are not all created equally strong: Some experiences are well remembered
while others are remembered poorly, if at all. Research on memory modulation investigates …

Although forgetting is the common fate of most of our experiences, much evidence indicates
that emotional arousal enhances the storage of memories, thus serving to create, selectively …

Stress responses entail neuroendocrine, autonomic, and behavioral changes to promote
effective coping with real or perceived threats to one's safety. While these responses are …

Stress can have a lasting impact on the structure and function of brain circuitry that results in
long-lasting changes in the behavior of an organism. Synaptic plasticity is the mechanism by …

Over the last decades considerable evidence has accumulated indicating that
glucocorticoids–stress hormones released from the adrenal cortex–are crucially involved in …

Considerable evidence indicates that glucocorticoid hormones enhance the consolidation of
long-term memories for emotionally arousing experiences but not that for less arousing or …

Brain activity in sleep plays a crucial role in memory consolidation, an offline process that
determines the long-term strength of memory traces. Consolidation efficacy differs across …

Emotional arousal influences the consolidation of long-term memory. This review discusses
experimental approaches and relevant findings that provide the foundation for current …