Effects of acute cortisol administration on autobiographical memory in patients with major depression and healthy controls

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 316-320

  Schlosser, Nicole ^a   Wolf, Oliver Tobias ^b   Fernando, Silvia Carvalho ^a   Riedesel, Kirsten ^c   Otte, Christian ^c   Muhtz, Christoph ^c   Beblo, Thomas ^a   Driessen, Martin ^a,d   Löwe, Bernd ^c   Wingenfeld, Katja ^c  

^a EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d Luebeck School of Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Cortisol; Depression; Hippocampus; HPA axis; Human

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PLACEBOS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73949121965     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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