Seasonal effects on cortisol secretion in normal aging, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1051-1054

  Arsenault Lapierre, Genevieve ^a,e   Chertkow, Howard ^a,b,c,d   Lupien, Sonia ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Cortisol; Mild cognitive impairment; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 77951977073     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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