Differential contribution of mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors to memory formation during sleep

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2962-2972

  Groch, Sabine ^a,b   Wilhelm, Ines ^c   Lange, Tanja ^b   Born, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fludrocortisone; Glucocorticoid receptor; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Memory; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Sleep

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MOOD; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

CORTISOL; FLUDROCORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MEMORY; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SLEEP;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROLYTES; FLUDROCORTISONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888290088     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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