Arousal and cortisol interact in modulating memory consolidation in healthy young men

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 217-223

  Kuhlmann, Sabrina ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arousal; Cortisol; Humans; Memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL;

AROUSAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33644762194     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.1.217     Document Type: Article

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