Declarative memory consolidation during the first night in a sleep lab: The role of REM sleep and cortisol

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1102-1111

  Goerke, Monique ^a,b,c   Cohrs, Stefan ^a,d   Rodenbeck, Andrea ^a,d   Grittner, Ulrike ^a   Sommer, Werner ^c   Kunz, Dieter ^a,e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Declarative memory consolidation; First night effect; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRST NIGHT EFFECT; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 84877921824     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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