Cortisol's effects on hippocampal activation in depressed patients are related to alterations in memory formation

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-23

  Abercrombie, Heather C ^a,b   Jahn, Allison L ^b   Davidson, Richard J ^a,b   Kern, Simone ^c   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^d   Halverson, Jerry ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Depression; Emotion; FMRI; Hippocampus; Memory

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SALIVA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650958688     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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