Associations between gonadotropins, testosterone and β amyloid in men at risk of Alzheimer's disease

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-75

  Verdile, G ^a,b   Laws, S M ^a,b,c   Henley, D ^c,d   Ames, D ^f,g   Bush, A I ^c,f   Ellis, K A ^e,f,g   Faux, N G ^f   Gupta, V B ^a,b   Li, Q X ^f   Masters, C L ^c,f   Pike, K E ^f,h,i   Rowe, C C ^h   Szoeke, C ^g,j   Taddei, K ^a,b,c   Villemagne, V L ^f,h   Martins, R N ^a,b,c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HOLLYWOOD PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Co operative Research Centre for Mental Health ^*  (Australia)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^h AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

ⁱ LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j CSIRO   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Alzheimers disease; b amyloid; luteinizing hormone; testosterone

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PITTSBURGH COMPOUND B; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBJECTIVE MEMORY COMPLAINT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; COHORT STUDIES; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84891151697     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.147     Document Type: Article

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