Hair testosterone and visuospatial memory in middle-aged men and women with and without depressive symptoms

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2373-2377

  Dettenborn, Lucia ^a   Hinkelmann, Kim ^b   Muhtz, Christoph ^a   Gao, Wei ^c   Wingenfeld, Katja ^b   Spitzer, Carsten ^d   Moritz, Steffen ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^c   Otte, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Asklepios Fachklinikum Tiefenbrunn   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Depression; Neuropsychology; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUOSPATIAL MEMORY;

COGNITIVE FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84883878519     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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