Relationships between testosterone levels and cognition in patients with alzheimer disease and nondemented elderly men

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-39

  Seidl, Jennifer N Travis ^a   Massman, Paul J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; biomarkers; neuropsychological testing

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMERICAN VERSION OF NATIONAL ADULT READING TEST; ARTICLE; BOSTON NAMING TEST; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTILINGUAL APHASIA EXAMINATION CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TESTOSTERONE; TEXAS;

EID: 84922495811     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988714541872     Document Type: Article

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