Glucocorticoids boost stimulus-response memory formation in humans

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-30

  Guenzel, Friederike M ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^a   Schwabe, Lars ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Memory; Spatial learning; Stimulus response learning; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LEARNING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLACEBOS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901234580     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.02.015     Document Type: Article

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