The influence of thyroid function on cognition in a sample of ethnically diverse, rural-dwelling women: A project frontier study

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-222

  Johnson, Leigh A ^a   Hobson, Valerie ^b   Jenkins, Marjorie ^c   Dentino, Andrew ^a   Michael Ragain, R ^b   O'Bryant, Sid ^b,d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RURAL POPULATION; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; WOMEN;

EID: 85047686663     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp219     Document Type: Article

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