The relationship between stress induced cortisol levels and memory differs between men and women

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 711-720

  Wolf, Oliver T ^a   Schommer, Nicole C ^b   Hellhammer, Dirk H ^b   McEwen, Bruce S ^c   Kirschbaum, C ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Gender differences; Glucocorticoids; Humans; Memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; SEX HORMONE;

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034906699     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(01)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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