Detection of the acute effects of hydrocortisone in the hippocampus using pharmacological fMRI

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 867-874

  Symonds, Catherine S ^a   McKie, Shane ^a   Elliott, Rebecca ^a   William Deakin, John Francis ^a   Anderson, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; FMRI; Hippocampus; Working memory

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PHARMACOLOGICAL FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870687966     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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