Specificity of autobiographical memories and basal cortisol levels in patients with major depression

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-411

  Barnhofer, Thorsten ^a   Kuehn, Eva Maria ^b   De Jong Meyer, Renate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Cortisol; Declarative memory; Depression; Over general retrieval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; AREA UNDER CURVE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 13244292352     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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