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ey0015.8-16 | New Concerns | ESPEYB15

8.16 Quantitative brain MRI in congenital adrenal hyperplasia: in vivo assessment of the cognitive and structural impact of steroid hormones

EA Webb , L Elliott , D Carlin , M Wilson , K Hall , J Netherton , J Reed , TG Barrett , V Salwani , JD Clayden , W Arlt , N Krone , AC Peet , AG Wood

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018;103(4):1330-1341Glucocorticoids exert an inverted U-shaped influence on human cognition, particularly on acquiring and consolidating memory (25), whereas androgens have an overall beneficial effect on cognitive control, verbal memory, and spatial cognition in humans (26). Although previous studies in patients with CAH have con...