Open AccessSerum thyroid-stimulating hormone level and relation with size of hippocampus in patients with mild cognitive disorders
Author(s) -
Mohammad-Hossein Daghighi,
Masoud Poureisa,
Pegah Ahmadi,
Mahmoud Reshadatjoo,
Sahar Golestani,
Mohammad Naghavi-Behzad,
Farid Karkon-Shayan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.193862
Subject(s) - hippocampus , thyroid , hormone , cognition , medicine , endocrinology , neuroscience , psychology , psychiatry
Cognitive disorders and dementia are common problems, and Alzheimer's disease is one of the major leading causes of death worldwide. Thyroid hormone disorders as a common problem effect on hippocampus size which as a prognostic factor in dementia. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level and the size of hippocampus in patients with mild cognitive disorders.