Low cholesterol is a risk factor for attentional impulsivity in patients with mood symptoms

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-87

  Troisi, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; BIS 11; Cholesterol; Cluster B disorders; Impulsivity; Mood disorders

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BARRATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE VERSION 11; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955997547     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 01651781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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