Decreased memory performance in healthy humans induced by stress-level cortisol treatment

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 527-533

  Newcomer, John W ^a,b   Selke, Gregg ^a   Melson, Angela K ^a   Hershey, Tamara ^a   Craft, Suzanne ^c,d   Richards, Katherine ^a   Alderson, Amy L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; PLACEBOS; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032973470     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.56.6.527     Document Type: Article

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