Chronic glucocorticoid hypersecretion in Cushing's syndrome exacerbates cognitive aging

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Michaud, Kathy ^a   Forget, Hélène ^b   Cohen, Henri ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^c CNRS Université Paris ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive impairment; Cushing's syndrome; Glucocorticoids; Hormones; Hypercortisolemia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINGER; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67349145973     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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