Menstrual cycle effects on cortisol responsivity and emotional retrieval following a psychosocial stressor

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 201-208

  Maki, Pauline M ^a,b,c   Mordecai, Kristen L ^a   Rubin, Leah H ^a,b   Sundermann, Erin ^b   Savarese, Antonia ^a,b   Eatough, Erin ^a   Drogos, Lauren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cortisol; Emotion; Estradiol; Memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MEMORY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SOCIAL STRESS; ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MEMORY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL RECALL; PROGESTERONE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941744405     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.06.023     Document Type: Article

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