Cortisol levels during human aging predict hippocampal atrophy and memory deficits

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-73

  Lupien, Sonia J ^a,b   De Leon, Mony ^c   De Santi, Susan ^c   Convit, Antonio ^c   Tarshish, Chaim ^c   Nair, N P V ^a   Thakur, Mira ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^d   Hauger, Richard L ^e   Meaney, Michael J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BLOOD; FORECASTING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGING; ATROPHY; FORECASTING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 0032057656     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/271     Document Type: Article

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