Working memory is more sensitive than declarative memory to the acute effects of corticosteroids: A dose-response study in humans

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 420-430

  Lupien, Sonia J ^b,c   Gillin, Christian J ^a   Hauger, Richard L ^a  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AROUSAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 0032778608     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.113.3.420     Document Type: Article

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