Plasma cortisol levels, brain volumes and cognition in healthy elderly men

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 505-515

  MacLullich, Alasdair M J ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a   Starr, John M ^a   Ferguson, Karen J ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a   Seckl, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Beclomethasone; Brain volumes; Cognition; Cortisol; Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoid; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 13844297524     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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