A low cortisol response to acute stress is related to worse basal memory performance in older people

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Almela, Mercedes ^a   Hidalgo, Vanesa ^a   van der Meij, Leander ^b   Pulopulos, Matías M ^a   Villada, Carolina ^a   Salvador, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute psychosocial stress; Cortisol; Declarative memory; Elderly; HPA axis; Middle age; Older people; Working memory

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; RECALL; SPEECH; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84904699009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00157     Document Type: Article

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