Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8313273 Clinica Chimica Acta 2013 5 Pages PDF
Abstract
The elevation in cortisol concentrations is associated with dementia, independently of APOE genotypes. Further studies are required to understand if elevation of cortisol is an initial event and how hippocampal damage and the loss of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis inhibition may affect its concentrations.
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High cortisol levels are associated with cognitive impairment no-dementia (CIND) and dementia
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