Stress and dementia: The role of the hypothalamic-pituary-adrenal axis

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-170

  Magri, Flavia ^a   Cravello, Luca ^b   Barili, Luca ^b   Sarra, Serena ^b   Cinchetti, Wilma ^b   Salmoiraghi, Fabrizio ^b   Micale, Giuliana ^b   Ferrari, Ettore ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortisol; DHEAS; Hippocampus; Senile dementia; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS;

EID: 33744795442     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327435     Document Type: Article

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