Cognitive deficits in relation to personality type and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dysfunction in women with stress-related exhaustion

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-82

  Sandström, Agneta ^a   Peterson, Jonas ^a   Sandström, Erik ^b   Lundberg, Mattias ^c   Nystrom, Inga Lill Rhodin ^d   Nyberg, Lars ^a   Olsson, Tommy ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Anesthesia and Intensive care   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Quranten Stress and Trauma Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognition; HPA axis; Multivariate analysis; Personality; Prefrontal cortex; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PERSONALITY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78651515866     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2010.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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