One year follow-up study of the association between chemical castration, sex hormones, beta-amyloid, memory and depression in men

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1071-1081

  Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a   Waterreus, Anna ^a   Spry, Nigel ^b   Flicker, Leon ^c   Martins, Ralph N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d HOLLYWOOD PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Estradiol; Mood; Neuropsychology; Quality of life; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANDROGEN; ANTIANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FLUTAMIDE; LEUPRORELIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BLOOD LEVEL; CASTRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ESTRADIOL; FLUTAMIDE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LEUPROLIDE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 3042600342     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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