A low cortisol response to acute stress is related to worse basal memory performance in older people

A low cortisol response to acute stress is related to worse basal memory performance in older people

Age-related memory decline has been associated with a faulty regulation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA-axis). The aim of this study was to investigate whether the magnitude of the stress-induced cortisol increase is related to memory performance when memory is measured in non-stress...

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Main Authors: Mercedes eAlmela, Vanesa eHidalgo, Leander evan der Meij, Matias ePulopulos, Carolina eVillada, Alicia eSalvador
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
cortisol
working memory
Elderly
declarative memory
older people
Acute Psychosocial Stress
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00157/full

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