The associations among hippocampal volume, cortisol reactivity, and memory performance in healthy young men

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Pruessner, Marita ^a   Pruessner, Jens C ^a   Hellhammer, Dirk H ^b   Bruce Pike, G ^c   Lupien, Sonia J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Awakening response; Cognition; Hippocampus; HPA axis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SALIVA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 34147117963     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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