Adrenocorticotropin widens the focus of attention in humans. A nonlinear electroencephalographic analysis

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 497-502

  Mölle, Matthias ^a   Albrecht, Caroline ^b   Marshall, Lisa ^b   Fehm, Horst L ^b   Born, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ACTH; Dimensional complexity; EEG; Neuronal cell assemblies; Selective attention; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 0343307109     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199709000-00006     Document Type: Article

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