Effects of short-term nocturnal cortisol replacement on cognitive function and quality of life in patients with primary or secondary adrenal insufficiency: A pilot study

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-119

  Harbeck, Birgit ^a   Kropp, Peter ^b   Mönig, Heiner ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Cognitive function; Cortisol; Nocturnal

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTISONE ACETATE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIGHT; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CATECHOLAMINES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CORTISONE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 67349101224     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-009-9082-5     Document Type: Article

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