Effects of stress hormones on the brain and cognition: Evidence from normal to pathological aging

Abstract Several studies have demonstrated a wide cognitive variability among aged individuals. One factor thought to be associated with this heterogeneity is exposure to chronic stress throughout life. Animal and human evidence demonstrates that glucocorticoids (GCs), the main class of stress hormo...

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Main Authors: Juliana Nery de Souza-Talarico, Marie-France Marin, Shireen Sindi, Sonia J. Lupien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642011000100008&lng=en&tlng=en

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