Inverted-U function between salivary cortisol and retrieval of verbal memory after hydrocortisone treatment

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 512-517

  Domes, Gregor ^a   Rothfischer, Julia ^b   Reichwald, Ursula ^b   Hautzinger, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Declarative memory; Glucocorticoids; HPA; Hydrocortisone

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PLACEBOS; SALIVA;

EID: 17444377151     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.2.512     Document Type: Article

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