Association between sex steroids and cognition in elderly men

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-403

  Leblanc, Erin S ^a   Wang, Patty Y ^b   Janowsky, Jeri S ^b   Neiss, Michelle B ^b   Fink, Howard A ^c   Yaffe, Kristine ^d   Marshall, Lynn M ^b   Lapidus, Jodi A ^b   Stefanick, Marcia L ^e   Orwoll, Eric S ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTRADIOL; NARCOTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRAZODONE;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCULATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; VELOCITY;

AGED; COGNITION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN;

EID: 76649130990     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03692.x     Document Type: Article

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