• DOI:10.1016/S1074-7427(02)00036-9
Corpus ID: 12099979

Epinephrine enhancement of human memory consolidation: Interaction with arousal at encoding

@article{Cahill2003EpinephrineEO,
  title={Epinephrine enhancement of human memory consolidation: Interaction with arousal at encoding},
  author={L. Cahill and M. Alkire},
  journal={Neurobiology of Learning and Memory},
  year={2003},
  volume={79},
  pages={194-198}
}

• L. Cahill, M. Alkire
• Published 2003
• Psychology, Medicine
• Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Abundant evidence indicates that endogenous stress hormones like epinephrine and cortisol modulate memory consolidation in animals. Despite this evidence, there has been no demonstration that endogenous stress hormones modulate memory consolidation in humans. In the present study, healthy subjects viewed a series of 21 slides, and immediately after received an intravenous infusion of either saline or epinephrine (40 or 80 ng/kg/min). Memory for the first three (primacy) and last three (recency… Expand

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