Effects of acute prednisone administration on memory, attention and emotion in healthy human adults

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 461-483

  Schmidt, Louis A ^a   Fox, Nathan A ^b   Goldberg, Melissa C ^c   Smith, Craig C ^d   Schulkin, Jay ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Clin Neuroendocrinol Br Natl I   (United States)

^e Clin Neuroendocrinol Br Natl I   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotion; Frontal EEG asymmetry; Glucocorticoids; Memory; Mood; Prednisone; Startle eyeblink response

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMORY; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEROID THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PLACEBOS; PREDNISONE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0032935558     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(99)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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