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Emotional enhancement of memory: how norepinephrine enables synaptic plasticity

Overview of attention for article published in Molecular Brain, May 2010
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#14 of 1,200)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)

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Title
Emotional enhancement of memory: how norepinephrine enables synaptic plasticity
Published in
Molecular Brain, May 2010
DOI 10.1186/1756-6606-3-15
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Authors

Keith Tully, Vadim Y Bolshakov

Abstract

Changes in synaptic strength are believed to underlie learning and memory. We explore the idea that norepinephrine is an essential modulator of memory through its ability to regulate synaptic mechanisms. Emotional arousal leads to activation of the locus coeruleus with the subsequent release of norepineprine in the brain, resulting in the enhancement of memory. Norepinephrine activates both pre- and post-synaptic adrenergic receptors at central synapses with different functional outcomes, depending on the expression pattern of these receptors in specific neural circuitries underlying distinct behavioral processes. We review the evidence for noradrenergic modulation of synaptic plasticity with consideration of how this may contribute to the mechanisms of learning and memory.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 4 <1%
Germany 4 <1%
United Kingdom 4 <1%
France 2 <1%
Canada 2 <1%
Turkey 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Other 6 1%
Unknown 421 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 103 23%
Student > Bachelor 71 16%
Student > Master 59 13%
Researcher 57 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 22 5%
Other 71 16%
Unknown 64 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 105 23%
Neuroscience 100 22%
Psychology 62 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 33 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 18 4%
Other 50 11%
Unknown 79 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 63. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 March 2024.
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