SynthesisNeuropsychology review2019
Corticosteroids and Cognition: A Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Neuropsychology review, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The impact of pituitary adenomas on cognitive performance: a systematic review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- Trajectory of Neurocognitive Functioning in Children Treated for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL): Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ALL Consortium Study 16-001.Pediatric blood & cancer · 2026Trial
- Factors Associated With Perceived Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients With Primary Brain Tumors: The Utility of the Neuro-QoL Cognition Function Scale.Cancer medicine · 2026Observational
- Cognitive function after kidney transplantation: longitudinal trajectories, associated factors, and clinical outcomes-a systematic review.International urology and nephrology · 2026Review
- Prevalence and factors associated with cognitive impairment in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a cross-sectional study.Reumatologia · 2026Article
- Atopic dermatitis and executive function across early and middle childhood - A longitudinal cohort study of children in the United Kingdom.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2025Article
- Understanding Duchenne muscular dystrophy-associated brain pathology.Disease models & mechanisms · 2025Review
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- The behavioural consequences of dystrophinopathy.Disease models & mechanisms · 2025Article
- COPD and cognitive impairment: a review of associated factors and intervention strategies.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Cognitive impairment in Sjogren's syndrome: Interplay between BACE1 activity, inflammatory blood biomarkers and neurocognitive testing.PloS one · 2025Article
- The 100 most influential articles in mouth breathing. A bibliometric and altmetric analysis: 2002-2021.Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal · 2025Article
- Sex-dependent effects of early life sensory overstimulation on later life behavioral function in rats.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Asthma and Memory Function in Children.JAMA network open · 2024Observational
- Sleep and cognition in South African patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas.PloS one · 2024Article
- Understanding the impact of pediatric kidney transplantation on cognition: A review of the literature.Pediatric transplantation · 2023Review
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Abstract
A thorough understanding of the cognitive effects of corticosteroids is essential given their frequency of use. This meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the effects of corticosteroids on the various domains of cognitive functioning, grouped by duration of use. An electronic search of PsycInfo, Medline and Google Scholar was conducted for all journal articles published between January 1990 and May 2018. Twenty six studies were included enabling calculation of standardised mean difference (SMD) using a random effects model for the cognitive domains of divided attention, executive function, expressive language, immediate memory, processing speed, recent memory, sustained attention, very long term memory and working memory. Results revealed that corticosteroids had a modest, negative effect on executive function for acute users, recent memory for short term and chronic users, and very long term memory for acute users. Corticosteroids had a small, significant, positive effect on expressive language for short term users.
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