Basal Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis Activity and Hippocampal Volumes: The SMART-Medea Study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1191-1198

  Knoops, Arnoud J G ^a   Gerritsen, Lotte ^a   van der Graaf, Yolanda ^a   Mali, Willem P Th M ^a   Geerlings, Mirjam I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basal rhythm; dementia; hippocampus; HPA axis; MRI; salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATROPHY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; WAKEFULNESS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATROPHY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 77952888119     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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