Cognitive dysfunction, hippocampal atrophy and glucocorticoid feedback in Alzheimer's disease

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-161

  Elgh, Eva ^a   Lindqvist Åstot, Ann ^a   Fagerlund, Markku ^b   Eriksson, Sture ^a   Olsson, Tommy ^b   Näsman, Birgitta ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Hippocampus; Hypercortisolism; Memory; MRI

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 30944457675     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.06.017     Document Type: Article

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