Opposite effects of cortisol on consolidation of temporal sequence memory during waking and sleep

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3703-3712

  Wilhelm, Ines ^a   Wagner, Ullrich ^a,b   Born, Jan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTLEARNING SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIONAL MEMORY; SLEEP; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL SEQUENCE MEMORY; WAKEFULNESS;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055102402     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00093     Document Type: Article

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