A single administration of dehydroepiandrosterone does not enhance memory performance in young healthy adults, but immediately reduces cortisol levels

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 845-848

  Wolf, Oliver T ^a   Köster, Birthe ^b   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a   Pietrowsky, Reinhard ^b   Kern, Werner ^b   Hellhammer, Dirk H ^a   Born, Jan ^b   Fehm, Horst L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Humans; Memory

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEMORY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0343852945     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00323-5     Document Type: Article

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