Cross-sectional and 35-year longitudinal assessment of salivary cortisol and cognitive functioning: The Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1040-1052

  Franz, Carol E ^a   O'Brien, Robert C ^a   Hauger, Richard L ^a,b   Mendoza, Sally P ^c   Panizzon, Matthew S ^a   Prom Wormley, Elizabeth ^d   Eaves, Lindon J ^d   Jacobson, Kristen ^e   Lyons, Michael J ^f   Lupien, Sonia ^g   Hellhammer, Dirk ^h   Xian, Hong ⁱ   Kremen, William S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Cognitive aging; Cortisol; HPA axis; VETSA

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPISODIC MEMORY; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TWINS; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; AROUSAL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 79960583724     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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