Age-sensitive cognitive function, growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1 plasma levels in healthy older men

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 73-78

  Aleman, André ^a,b   De Vries, Wouter R ^b   De Haan, Edward H F ^b   Verhaar, Harald J J ^a   Samson, Monique M ^a   Koppeschaar, Hans P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Body mass index; Cognitive function; GH GF 1 axis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; READING; VISION;

EID: 0033979799     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026636     Document Type: Article

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