Neurocognitive functioning in subjects with eating disorders: The influence of neuroactive steroids

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 921-927

  Galderisi, Silvana ^a   Mucci, Armida ^a   Monteleone, Palmiero ^a   Sorrentino, Daniela ^a   Piegari, Giuseppe ^a   Maj, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Executive function; Incidental learning; Neuroactive steroids; Neurocognitive function; Stress

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EATING DISORDER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0038397605     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01668-2     Document Type: Article

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