Abstract
Hormones play a role in all studies of memory and inadvertently can be a confound unless their effects are understood. Here the focus is on the role of the steroids, both from the gonads (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone) and the adrenals (glucocorticoids) in adult cognition. The interactions of these steroids with other experimental factors such as the age of the organism and length of exposure are discussed. Work in both experimental animals and humans is included. Peripheral hormone effects on cognition are complex, and no simple construct can account for the role of any of these hormones.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Learning and Memory |
Subtitle of host publication | A Comprehensive Reference |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 503-520 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780123705099 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2007 |
Keywords
- Aging
- Cholecystokinin
- Corticosteroids
- Estrogen
- Estrous cycle
- Glucocorticoids
- Learning
- Memory
- Oxytocin
- Sex differences
- Steroid hormones
- Stress
- Testosterone
- Vasopressin
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine