Steroid abnormalities and the developing brain: Declarative memory for emotionally arousing and neutral material in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 238-245

  Maheu, Françoise S ^a   Merke, Deborah P ^b   Schroth, Elizabeth A ^a   Keil, Margaret F ^b   Hardin, Julie ^b   Poeth, Kaitlin ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^a   Ernst, Monique ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Declarative memory; Development; Glucocorticoids; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 38349126011     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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