Stress hormones and human memory function across the lifespan

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-242

  Lupien, Sonia J ^a   Fiocco, Alexandra ^a   Wan, Nathalie ^a   Maheu, Francoise ^a   Lord, Catherine ^a   Schramek, Tania ^a   Tu, Mai Thanh ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adults; Aged; Children; Cognition; Glucocorticoids; Humans; Memory

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; CHILD; COGNITION; FRONTAL LOBE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; STRESS;

EID: 7044233428     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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