Effects of chronic stress on memory decline in cognitively normal and mildly impaired older adults

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1384-1391

  Peavy, Guerry M ^a   Salmon, David P ^a   Jacobson, Mark W ^a   Hervey, Aaron ^a   Gamst, Anthony C ^a   Wolfson, Tanya ^a   Patterson, Thomas L ^a   Goldman, Sherry ^a   Mills, Paul J ^a   Khandrika, Srikrishna ^a   Galasko, Douglas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SALIVA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 73249134153     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09040461     Document Type: Article

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