Hydrocortisone counteracts adverse stress effects on dual-task performance by improving visual sensory processes

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1784-1803

  Weckesser, Lisa J ^a   Alexander, Nina C ^a,b   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a   Mennigen, Eva ^c,d   Miller, Robert ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Medical School Hamburg   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW;

ALTERNATIVE ROUTES; CONTROL PROTOCOLS; CORTISOL SECRETION; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; RESIDUAL STRESS EFFECTS; SENSORY INFORMATION;

CORTISOL;

HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE (TEST); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STRESS; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84989878447     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01006     Document Type: Article

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