Suppressing the morning rise in cortisol impairs free recall

Learning and Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 186-190

  Rimmele, Ulrike ^a,b   Meier, Flurina ^a,c   Lange, Tanja ^a   Born, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; METYRAPONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; METYRAPONE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950197563     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1728510     Document Type: Article

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