Cortisol, cytokines, and hippocampal volume interactions in the elderly

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Sudheimer D , Keith ^a   O'Hara, Ruth ^a   Spiegel, David ^a   Powers, Bevin ^a   Kraemer C , Helena ^a   Neri, Eric ^a   Weiner, Michael ^b,c   Hardan, Antonio ^a   Hallmayer, Joachim ^a   Dhabhar S , Firdaus ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Cortisol; Cytokines; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN SIZE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VERY ELDERLY; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84904666730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00153     Document Type: Article

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