Corticosteroids and cognition
| Autor: | Alison Yager, Alan F. Schatzberg, Kristin Gross, Joseph K. Belanoff |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Aging medicine.drug_class medicine.medical_treatment Central nervous system Hippocampus Central nervous system disease Addison Disease Adrenal Cortex Hormones Alzheimer Disease medicine Humans Cushing Syndrome Glucocorticoids Biological Psychiatry Aged Hydrocortisone Depressive Disorder Cognition Middle Aged medicine.disease Frontal Lobe Psychiatry and Mental health Steroid hormone medicine.anatomical_structure Frontal lobe Corticosteroid Cognition Disorders Psychology Neuroscience Glucocorticoid medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Psychiatric Research. 35:127-145 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3956 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0022-3956(01)00018-8 |
| Popis: | The brain is a major target organ for corticosteroids. It has been observed that excessive circulatory levels of endogenous and exogenous corticosteroids are frequently associated with cognitive impairment in a wide variety of clinical disease states. Cognition and low levels of corticosteroids have been less well studied. In this paper we review the literature on glucocorticosteroid effects on cognition and delineate specific functions that appear to be causally affected. We draw a possible connection to specific areas of brain perturbation, including the hippocampus and frontal lobe regions. The possibility that cognitive dysfunction caused by glucocorticoids can be pharmacologically managed is introduced. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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