Subjective memory complaints in aging are associated with elevated cortisol levels

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1357-1363

  Wolf, Oliver T ^a   Dziobek, Isabel ^b   McHugh, Pauline ^b   Sweat, Victoria ^b   De Leon, Mony J ^b,c   Javier, Elizabeth ^b   Convit, Antonio ^b,c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Cross sectional study; Depression; Hormones; HPA axis; Subjective memory complaints

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEXAMETHASONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 26944480415     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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