Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 1012-1018 , August 2009

Effects of major depression diagnosis and cortisol levels on indices of neurocognitive function

  • Rowena G. Gomez

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, 405 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5723, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, 405 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA. Tel.: +1 800 818 6136; fax: +1 650 421 4888.
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  • Joel A. Posener

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Jennifer Keller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5723, USA
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  • Charles DeBattista

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5723, USA
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  • Brent Solvason

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5723, USA
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  • Alan F. Schatzberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5723, USA

Received 8 July 2008 ,Revised 23 January 2009 ,Accepted 28 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.01.017

Psychoneuroendocrinology
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