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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2015

The neuroenergetics of stress hormones in the hippocampus and implications for memory.

Danielle M Osborne, Jiah Pearson-Leary, Ewan C McNay

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Work-Related Stress, Physio-Pathological Mechanisms, and the Influence of Environmental Genetic Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Danielle M OsborneBehavioral Neuroscience, University at Albany Albany, NY, USA.
Jiah Pearson-LearyDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ewan C McNayBehavioral Neuroscience, University at Albany Albany, NY, USA ; Biology, University at Albany Albany, NY, USA.
University at Albany, State University of New York · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · US

Funding

Insulin in the hippocampus: memory enhancement and impact of type 2 diabetesR01DK077106 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MCNAY, EWAN C · 2007 to 2011
$1.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK077106
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute stress causes rapid release of norepinephrine (NE) and glucocorticoids (GCs), both of which bind to hippocampal receptors. This release continues, at varying concentrations, for several hours following the stressful event, and has powerful effects on hippocampally-dependent memory that generally promote acquisition and consolidation while impairing retrieval. Several studies have characterized the brain's energy usage both at baseline and during memory processing, but there are few data on energy requirements of memory processes under stressful conditions. Because memory is enhanced by emotional arousal such as during stress, it is likely that molecular memory processes under these conditions differ from those under non-stressful conditions that do not activate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Mobilization of peripheral and central energy stores during stress may increase hippocampal glucose metabolism that enhances salience and detail to facilitate memory enhancement. Several pathways activated by the HPA axis affect neural energy supply and metabolism, and may also prevent detrimental damage associated with chronic stress. We hypothesize that alterations in hippocampal metabolism during stress are key to understanding the effects of stress hormones on hippocampally-dependent memory formation. Second, we suggest that the effects of stress on hippocampal metabolism are bi-directional: within minutes, NE promotes glucose metabolism, while hours into the stress response GCs act to suppress metabolism. These bi-directional effects of NE and GCs on glucose metabolism may occur at least in part through direct modulation of glucose transporter-4. In contrast, chronic stress and prolonged elevation of hippocampal GCs cause chronically suppressed glucose metabolism, excitotoxicity and subsequent memory deficits.

Indexed as

epinephrineglucocorticoidsglucoseglucose transportersglutamatehippocampusmemorynorepinephrine

Identifiers

PMID25999811
PMCPMC4422005
OpenAlexW1573399248

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