Now you see it, now you don't: Testing environments modulate the association between hippocampal volume and cortisol levels in young and older adults

Hippocampus

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1623-1632

  Sindi, Shireen ^a,b   Fiocco, Alexandra J ^c   Juster, Robert Paul ^a,b   Lord, Catherine ^a   Pruessner, Jens ^d,e   Lupien, Sonia J ^a,f  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Basal cortisol; Cortisol; Hippocampal volume; Stress reactivity; Testing environment

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SALIVA LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; AGING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911006896     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22341     Document Type: Article

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