Working memory-related frontal theta activity is decreased under acute stress

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 105-113

  Gärtner, Matti ^a,b   Rohde Liebenau, Lea ^a   Grimm, Simone ^a,b,c   Bajbouj, Malek ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute stress; EEG; Frontal theta; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; WORKING MEMORY; ACUTE DISEASE; FRONTAL LOBE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897400208     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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