Memory improvement with treatment of hypothyroidism

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 895-906

  Miller, Karen ^a   Parsons, Thomas ^a,b   Whybrow, Peter ^a   Herle, Katja ^c,d   Rasgon, Natalie ^c,d   Herle, Andre ^c   Martinez, Dorothy ^c   Silverman, Dan ^e   Bauer, Michael ^a,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Hypothyroidism; Levothyroxine; Memory; Neuropsychological tests

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROXINE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33746608124     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450600550154     Document Type: Article

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