Impaired memory retrieval correlates with individual differences in cortisol response but not autonomic response

Learning and Memory

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 382-387

  Buchanan, Tony W ^a   Tranel, Daniel ^a   Adolphs, Ralph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33744800258     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.206306     Document Type: Article

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