Thyroid function and cognition in the euthyroid elderly: A case-control study embedded in quebec longitudinal study - nuage

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1772-1776

  Castellano, Christian Alexandre ^a,b   Laurin, Danielle ^c   Langlois, Marie France ^b,d   Fortier, Mélanie ^a   Tessier, Daniel ^a,b   Gaudreau, Pierrette ^e,f   Ferland, Guylaine ^g,h   Payette, Hélène ^a   Lorrain, Dominique ^a,b   Cunnane, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a Research Center on Aging   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^h CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Euthyroidism; NuAge cohort; Thyroid hormones; TSH

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EUTHYROIDISM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID FUNCTION;

AGING; COGNITION; EUTHYROIDISM; NUAGE COHORT; THYROID HORMONES; TSH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SAMPLING STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84883655993     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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