Memory performance is related to the cortisol awakening response in older people, but not to the diurnal cortisol slope

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2016, Pages 136-146

  Hidalgo, Vanesa ^a   Almela, Mercedes ^a   Pulopulos, Matias M ^a   Salvador, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response (CAR); Diurnal cortisol slope (DCS); Older adults; Verbal memory; Visual memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; AGE; CHEMISTRY; COGNITION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA;

EID: 84973121691     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.05.019     Document Type: Article

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