The impact of cortisol reactivity to acute stress on memory: Sex differences in middle-aged people

Stress

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-127

  Almela, Mercedes ^a   Hidalgo, Vanesa ^a   Villada, Carolina ^a   Espí N, Laura ^b   Gómez Amor, Jesús ^b   Salvador, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cortisol; HPA axis; memory; middle aged people; psychosocial stress; sex differences

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POSTMENOPAUSE; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79551625142     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2010.514671     Document Type: Article

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