Cortisol-induced impairments of working memory require acute sympathetic activation

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-103

  Elzinga, Bernet M ^a   Roelofs, Karin ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROVOCATION TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 14044262297     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.1.98     Document Type: Article

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