Elevated cortisol and learning and memory deficits in cocaine dependent individuals: Relationship to relapse outcomes

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1198-1207

  Fox, Helen C ^a   Jackson, Eric D ^a   Sinha, Rajita ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Cortisol; Learning; Memory; Relapse; Stress

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LEARNING DISORDER; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELAPSE; SALIVA LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650639041     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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