Exploring stress-induced cognitive impairment in middle aged, centrally obese adults

Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-53

  Lasikiewicz, N ^a   Hendrickx, H ^b   Talbot, D ^b   Dye, L ^c  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Memory; Stress; Trier Social Stress Test (TSST); WHR

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; OBESITY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SALIVA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84870853107     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2012.682109     Document Type: Article

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