Stress and Memory Retrieval in Women: No Strong Impairing Effect During the Luteal Phase

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 547-554

  Schoofs, Daniela ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

cortisol; memory; retrieval; sex differences; stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LUTEAL PHASE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STRESS; WORKING MEMORY;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGESTERONE; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66349109753     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015625     Document Type: Article

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