Improvement in learning associated with increase in hippocampal formation volume

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-238

  Starkman, Monica N ^a,b   Giordani, Bruno ^a   Gebarski, Stephen S ^a   Schteingart, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Cushing's syndrome; Hippocampus; Imaging; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037305010     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01750-X     Document Type: Article

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