A non-arousing test situation abolishes the impairing effects of cortisol on delayed memory retrieval in healthy women

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 399, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 268-272

  Kuhlmann, Sabrina ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenergic activation; Glucocorticoids; Humans; Memory retrieval; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; LEARNING TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SAMPLE SIZE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RELAXATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33646135995     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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