Basal activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and cognitive function in anorexia nervosa

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-15

  Seed, Julie A ^a   Dixon, Rebecca A ^b   McCluskey, Sarah E ^b   Young, Allan H ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Cognition; Cortisol; Neuroendocrine

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IRRITABILITY; MEMORY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034078141     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007533     Document Type: Article

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