Shors, Tracey J.

Learning enhances adult neurogenesis in the hippocampal formation

Gould, E., Beylin, A., Tanapat, P., Reeves, A., & Shors, T. J. (1999) · Nature Neuroscience

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 2,157

Neurogenesis may relate to some but not all types of hippocampal‐dependent learning

Shors, T. J., Townsend, D. A., Zhao, M., Kozorovitskiy, Y., & Gould, E. (2002) · Hippocampus

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 853

Sex Differences and Opposite Effects of Stress on Dendritic Spine Density in the Male Versus Female Hippocampus

Shors, T. J., Chua, C., & Falduto, J. (2001) · The Journal of Neuroscience

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 496

Inescapable versus escapable shock modulates long-term potentiation in the rat hippocampus

Shors, T. J., Seib, T. B., Levine, S., & Thompson, R. F. (1989) · Science

Memory and Neural MechanismsNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 458

Stress facilitates classical conditioning in males, but impairs classical conditioning in females through activational effects of ovarian hormones

Wood, G. E., & Shors, T. J. (1998) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Memory and Neural MechanismsStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 359

Stress, anxiety, and dendritic spines: What are the connections?

Leuner, B., & Shors, T. J. (2013) · Neuroscience

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 284

The contribution of adrenal and reproductive hormones to the opposing effects of stress on trace conditioning males versus females.

Wood, G. E., Beylin, A. V., & Shors, T. J. (2001) · Behavioral Neuroscience

Memory and Neural MechanismsStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 198

Use it or lose it: how neurogenesis keeps the brain fit for learning

Shors, T. J., Anderson, M. L., Curlik, D. M., & Nokia, M. S. (2012) · Behavioural Brain Research

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 190

Trace Conditioning and the Hippocampus: The Importance of Contiguity

Bangasser, D. A., Waxler, D. E., Santollo, J., & Shors, T. J. (2006) · The Journal of Neuroscience

Memory and Neural MechanismsNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 185

Females do not express learned helplessness like males do

Dalla, C., Edgecomb, C., Whetstone, A. S., & Shors, T. J. (2008) · Neuropsychopharmacology

Stress Responses and CortisolNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Cited by 174

Inescapable stress enhances extracellular acetylcholine in the rat hippocampus and prefrontal cortex but not the nucleus accumbens or amygdala

Mark, G. P., Rada, P. V., & Shors, T. J. (1996) · Neuroscience

Stress Responses and CortisolNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Cited by 149

Neurogenesis and Helplessness Are Mediated by Controllability in Males But Not in Females

Shors, T. J., Mathew, J., Sisti, H. M., Edgecomb, C., Beckoff, S., & Dalla, C. (2007) · Biological Psychiatry

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 140

MAP training: combining meditation and aerobic exercise reduces depression and rumination while enhancing synchronized brain activity.

Alderman, B. L., Olson, R. L., Brush, C. J., & Shors, T. J. (2016) · Translational Psychiatry

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsTreatment of Major Depression

Cited by 125

Activation of immediate early genes after acute stress

Schreiber, S. S., Tocco, G., Shors, T. J., & Thompson, R. F. (1991) · NeuroReport

Stress Responses and CortisolMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 102

Unpredictable and uncontrollable stress impairs neuronal plasticity in the rat hippocampus

Shors, T. J., Foy, M. R., Levine, S., & Thompson, R. F. (1990) · Brain Research Bulletin

Memory and Neural MechanismsNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 100

Acute stress impairs (or induces) synaptic long‐term potentiation (LTP) but does not affect paired‐pulse facilitation in the stratum radiatum of rat hippocampus

Shors, T. J., & Thompson, R. F. (1992) · Synapse

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 88

Do sex differences in rumination explain sex differences in depression?

Shors, T. J., Millon, E. M., Chang, H. Y. M., Olson, R. L., & Alderman, B. L. (2017) · Journal of Neuroscience Research

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesMindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Cited by 70

Mental and physical (MAP) training: a neurogenesis-inspired intervention that enhances health in humans.

Shors, T. J., Olson, R. L., Bates, M. E., Selby, E. A., & Alderman, B. L. (2014) · Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsMindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Cited by 69

The Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Modulates Learning after Stress in Masculinized But Not Cycling Females

Bangasser, D. A., & Shors, T. J. (2008) · Journal of Neuroscience

Memory and Neural MechanismsStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 64

Stressful experience has opposite effects on dendritic spines in the hippocampus of cycling versus masculinized females

Dalla, C., Whetstone, A. S., Hodes, G. E., & Shors, T. J. (2009) · Neuroscience Letters

Memory and Neural MechanismsNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 56

MAP train my brain: meditation combined with aerobic exercise reduces stress and rumination while enhancing quality of life in medical students.

Lavadera, P., Millon, E. M., & Shors, T. J. (2020) · The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout

Cited by 41

MAP Training My Brain™: Meditation plus aerobic exercise lessens trauma of sexual violence more than either activity alone.

Shors, T. J., Chang, H. Y. M., & Millon, E. M. (2018) · Frontiers in Neuroscience

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchMindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Cited by 41

Mental and physical training with meditation and aerobic exercise improved mental health and well-being in teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Demmin, D. L., Silverstein, S. M., & Shors, T. J. (2022) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsCOVID-19 and Mental Health

Cited by 24

Meditation and aerobic exercise enhance mental health outcomes and pattern separation learning without changing heart rate variability in women with HIV

Millon, E. M., Lehrer, P. M., & Shors, T. J. (2022) · Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPhysical Activity and Health

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