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Cognitive functioning in elderly community dwelling egyptians : Psychiatric study /

Osama Refaat Ibrahim

Cognitive functioning in elderly community dwelling egyptians : Psychiatric study / الوظائف المعرفية لعينة من المجتمع من المسنين المصريين : دراسة طبنفسية Osama Refaat Ibrahim ; Supervised Samia Abd El elrahman Ahmed , Zynab Abd El salam Sarhan , Suaad Sayed Moussa - Cairo : Osama Refaat Ibrahim , 2007 - 202P : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Neuropsychiatry

Changes in the aging brain had become of great interest because of the marked increase in the number of elderly people There are gender differences in age - related cognitive changes , however , and the factors that contribute to this variability have not been well - characterized Recent evidences suggest that age - related alterations in the endocrine environment may modulate cognitive functioning This wok aims at investigating the gender differences in cognitive functions in community - dwelling elderly men and women , and to find out the relation between the estradiol and testosterone plasma levels and changes in certain cognitive functions



CAMCOG Cognitive decline Elderly Estradiol Gender differences Testosterone