Effects of a single dose of cortisol on the neural correlates of episodic memory and error processing in healthy volunteers

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 431-442

  Hsu, F C ^a   Garside, M J ^a   Massey, A E ^a   McAllister Williams, R H ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Error negativity; Error processing; Event related potentials; Human; Hydrocortisone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ERROR; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037561443     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-003-1413-2     Document Type: Article

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