Serum cortisol levels in patients with a transient global amnesia.
Cortisol
Memory
Stress
Transient Global Amnesia
Journal
Revue neurologique
ISSN: 0035-3787
Titre abrégé: Rev Neurol (Paris)
Pays: France
ID NLM: 2984779R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2020
May 2020
Historique:
received:
24
04
2019
revised:
15
08
2019
accepted:
27
08
2019
pubmed:
29
1
2020
medline:
5
1
2021
entrez:
29
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Transient global amnesia (TGA) can be triggered by a high level of blood cortisol. We assessed whether patients had a higher level of cortisol during the TGA than shortly after. We included 52 patients, 21 with blood collected during the TGA episode and 31 shortly thereafter. We compared these two groups after adjustment for time of blood collection. The cortisol level was significantly higher in the per-ictal group (P=0.03) and negatively correlated with the time elapsed from symptom onset (P=0.005). The results are consistent with of the hypothesis of a hyperreactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31987629
pii: S0035-3787(19)30906-3
doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2019.08.011
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Hydrocortisone
WI4X0X7BPJ
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
285-288Informations de copyright
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