The acute effects of corticosteroids on cognition: Integration of animal and human model studies

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-27

  Lupien, Sonia J ^a,b   McEwen, Bruce S ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Cognition; Corticosteroid; Human; Receptor

Indexed keywords

7ALPHA PROPYLSPIRONOLACTONE; ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; OXPRENOATE POTASSIUM; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; COGNITION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 0030741129     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(97)00004-0     Document Type: Review

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