Aging and the role of the HPA axis and rhythm in sleep and memory-consolidation

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 344-352

  Buckley, Theresa M ^a,b,c   Schatzberg, Alan F ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID; VASOPRESSIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AROUSAL; DEMENTIA; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME RELEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NIGHT SLEEP; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

EID: 18144364385     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200505000-00002     Document Type: Article

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