Effects of acute hydrocortisone administration on declarative memory in patients with major depressive disorder: A placebo-controlled, double-blind crossover study

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1644-1650

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALA CORT; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LOGICAL MEMORY TEST; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SALIVA LEVEL; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WORD LIST RECALL;

EID: 84555177515     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.10m06240     Document Type: Article

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