Ageing, physical function, and the diurnal rhythms of cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-349

  Heaney, Jennifer L J ^a   Phillips, Anna C ^a   Carroll, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cortisol; DHEA; Diurnal rhythm; Physical function; Saliva

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE;

AGED; AGING; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOTTINGHAM EXTENDED ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; PHYSICAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; SALIVA; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84856563491     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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