Effects of DHEA administration on episodic memory, cortisol and mood in healthy young men: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-551

  Alhaj, Hamid A ^a   Massey, Anna E ^a   McAllister Williams, R Hamish ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol; DHEA; Episodic memory; Event related potentials (ERPs); Low resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (LORETA); Mood; Recognition

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SLEEP; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; SALIVA;

EID: 33751101036     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-0136-y     Document Type: Article

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