Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 382-391 , April 2010

Steroid hormones in the saliva of adolescents after different exercise intensities and their influence on working memory in a school setting

  • Henning Budde

      Affiliations

    • Department of Movement and Training Sciences, Institute of Sport Science, Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin, Philippstr. 13, Haus 11, 10115 Berlin, Germany
    • Both the authors contributed equally to this work.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 30 2093 4652; fax: +49 30 2093 4646.
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  • Claudia Voelcker-Rehage

      Affiliations

    • Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany
    • Both the authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Sascha Pietrassyk-Kendziorra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Movement and Training Sciences, Institute of Sport Science, Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin, Philippstr. 13, Haus 11, 10115 Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Sergio Machado

      Affiliations

    • Brain Mapping and Sensory Motor Integration, Institute of Psychiatry, Rio de Janeiro (IPUB/UFRJ), 69 apto. 104, Profesor Sabóia Ribeiro Street – Leblon – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Pedro Ribeiro

      Affiliations

    • Brain Mapping and Sensory Motor Integration, Institute of Psychiatry, Rio de Janeiro (IPUB/UFRJ), 69 apto. 104, Profesor Sabóia Ribeiro Street – Leblon – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Ayman M. Arafat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany

Received 7 March 2009 ,Revised 21 July 2009 ,Accepted 22 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.07.015

Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 382-391 , April 2010

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