Salivary cortisol, APOE-ε4 allele and cognitive decline in a prospective study of older persons

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1615-1625

  Gerritsen, Lotte ^a   Comijs, Hannie C ^b   Deeg, Dorly J H ^b   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^b   Geerlings, Mirjam I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Apolipoprotein E; Cognitive decline; Cortisol; HPA axis

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; VERBAL MEMORY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79960124350     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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