Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 358-366 , April 2009

Modulation of spatial and stimulus–response learning strategies by exogenous cortisol in healthy young women

  • Lars Schwabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiology, Institute of Psychobiology, University of Trier, Johanniterstrasse 15, 52490 Trier, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Cognitive Psychology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitaetsstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany. Tel.: +49 234 32 29324; fax: +49 234 32 14308.
    • ,
  • Melly S. Oitzl

      Affiliations

    • Division of Medical Pharmacology, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research and Leiden University Medical Center, University of Leiden, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Steffen Richter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiology, Institute of Psychobiology, University of Trier, Johanniterstrasse 15, 52490 Trier, Germany
    • ,
  • Hartmut Schächinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiology, Institute of Psychobiology, University of Trier, Johanniterstrasse 15, 52490 Trier, Germany

Received 31 May 2008 ,Revised 24 September 2008 ,Accepted 24 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.09.018

Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 358-366 , April 2009

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