The relationship between dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), working memory and distraction - A behavioral and electrophysiological approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Do Vale, Sónia ^a,b,c   Selinger, Lenka ^a   Martins, João Martin ^b,c   Gomes, Ana Coelho ^c   Bicho, Manuel ^b   Do Carmo, Isabel ^c   Escera, Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA LEVEL; WORKING MEMORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; METABOLISM; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905671673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104869     Document Type: Article

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