A prospective study of diurnal cortisol and cognitive function in community-dwelling elderly people

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1039-1049

  Beluche, I ^a   Carriere I ^a   Ritchie, K ^a   Ancelin, M L ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cortisol; Elderly; HPA axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952419690     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709991103     Document Type: Article

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