Sundowning syndrome and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation in individuals with Alzheimer's disease: Is there an association?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2055-2056

  Venturelli, Massimo ^a,b,c   Scarsini, Renato ^b   Muti, Ettore ^b   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^d   Schena, Federico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mons Mazzali Foundation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; LORAZEPAM; PROMAZINE; QUETIAPINE; TRAZODONE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LETTER; MALE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SUNDOWNING SYNDROME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SUNLIGHT; SYNDROME;

EID: 84887536669     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12491     Document Type: Letter

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