Effects of growth hormone substitution therapy on cognitive functioning in growth hormone deficient patients: A functional MRI study

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-19

  Arwert, Lucia I ^a   Veltman, Dick J ^a   Deijen, Jan Berend ^b   Van Dam, P Sytze ^c   Drent, Madeleine L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Growth hormone deficiency; Insulin like growth factor I; Mood; Working memory

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; SIDE EFFECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745016644     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093337     Document Type: Article

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