Improvement in learning associated with increase in hippocampal formation volume
Biological PsychiatryPublished 30 January 2003
Monica N. Starkman, Bruno Giordani, Stephen S. Gebarski, D.E. Schteingart
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After cortisol levels decline to normal concentrations, structural volumetric increase in HFV is accompanied by functional improvement in learning of unrelated words, which is associated with improvement in cognition.
Abstract
After cortisol levels decline to normal concentrations, structural volumetric increase in HFV is accompanied by functional improvement in learning of unrelated words.
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