Psychiatry Research
Volume 134, Issue 3 , Pages 211-223 , 30 April 2005

Stress-induced cortisol elevations are associated with impaired delayed, but not immediate recall

  • Bernet M. Elzinga

      Affiliations

    • Section of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Leiden, P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 71 5273745; fax: +31 71 5274678.
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  • Abraham Bakker

      Affiliations

    • Robert-Fleury Stichting, National Center for Eating Disorders, Leidschendam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • J. Douglas Bremner

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Radiology, Center for Positron Emission Tomography, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • PET Center/Nuclear Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • Atlanta VAMC, Decatur, GA, USA

Received 7 February 2004 ,Revised 26 July 2004 ,Accepted 28 November 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.11.007

Psychiatry Research
Volume 134, Issue 3 , Pages 211-223 , 30 April 2005

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