Differential effects of glucocorticoids on human auditory perception

Biological Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 117-130

  Fehm Wolfsdorf, Gabriele ^a   Nagel, Dethard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Auditory reflex; Behavioral effects in humans; Glucocorticoids; Mineralocorticoids; Speech audiogram

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; STRESS; TIME;

EID: 0030070130     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-0511(95)05150-3     Document Type: Article

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