Morning cortisol levels and cognitive abilities in people with type 2 diabetes: The Edinburgh type 2 diabetes study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 714-720

  Reynolds, Rebecca M ^a   Strachan, Mark W J ^b   Labad, Javier ^a   Lee, Amanda J ^c   Frier, Brian M ^d,e   Fowkes, F Gerald ^e   Mitchell, Rory ^e   Seckl, Jonathan R ^a,e   Deary, Ian J ^e   Walker, Brian R ^a   Price, Jackie F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953056996     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc09-1796     Document Type: Article

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