Hydrocortisone impairs working memory in healthy humans, but not in patients with major depressive disorder

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-79

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

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Depression; HPA axis; Working memory

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; WORD SUPPRESSION TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SALIVA;

EID: 79954991698     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-2117-z     Document Type: Article

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