It is well established that stress has a major impact on memory, driven by the concerted
action of various stress mediators on the brain. Recent years, however, have seen …

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 …

Emotional arousal enhances perception and memory of high-priority information but impairs
processing of other information. Here, we propose that, under arousal, local glutamate levels …

Human cell reprogramming technologies offer access to live human neurons from patients
and provide a new alternative for modeling neurological disorders in vitro. Neural electrical …

The impact of stress on brain function is increasingly recognized. Various substances are
released in response to stress and can influence distinct neuronal circuits, but the functional …

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 …

The immediate early gene Arc is emerging as a versatile, finely tuned system capable of
coupling changes in neuronal activity patterns to synaptic plasticity, thereby optimizing …

Over the past decade, fMRI techniques have been increasingly used to interrogate the
neural correlates of successful emotional memory encoding. These investigations have …

Context is an ever-present combination of discrete environmental elements capable of
influencing many psychological processes. When context is associated with an aversive …