Relationships among cortisol (CRT), dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEAS), and memory in a longitudinal study of healthy elderly men and women

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-324

  Carlson, Linda E ^a   Sherwin, Barbara B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Cortisol; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Elderly; Longitudinal design

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENOPAUSE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0033133366     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(99)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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