Hippocampal formation volume, memory dysfunction, and cortisol levels in patients with Cushing's syndrome

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1992, Pages 756-765

  Starkman, Monica N ^a   Gebarski, Stephen S ^a   Berent, Stanley ^a   Schteingart, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CUSHING SYNDROME; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0026463945     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(92)90079-F     Document Type: Article

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