Acute effects of hydrocortisone on the human brain: An fMRI study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-20

  Lovallo, William R ^a   Robinson, Jennifer L ^b,c   Glahn, David C ^b   Fox, Peter T ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Brain; Cortisol; Hippocampus; Human; Hydrocortisone; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71849107265     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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