ReviewThe world journal of men's health2021
Testosterone Deficiency and Risk of Cognitive Disorders in Aging Males.
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- Risks associated with cognitive function and management strategies in the clinical use of ADT: a systematic review from clinical and preclinical studies.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Pooled it
- Adult- and late-onset male hypogonadism: the clinical practice guidelines of the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS) and the Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE).Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2022Guideline
- Low Free Testosterone Is Independently Associated With Long-Term Mortality in Men With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.Andrology · 2026Article
- Cognitive Assessment in Adults With Adrenal Cortisol Insufficiency: Challenges and Opportunities.Endocrine reviews · 2026Review
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- Local synthesis and function of neuro-estrogen and neuro-androgen: impact on the hippocampus-related cognition and neuronal plasticity.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2025Review
- Analytical performance of free testosterone calculated by direct immunoluminometric method compared with the Vermeulen equation: results from a clinical series.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2024Article
- Cognitive effects of long-term androgen deprivation therapy in older men with prostate cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2024Article
- Correlation Analysis between Hypogonadal Symptoms and Changes in Body Composition and Physical Fitness after Testosterone Treatment in Men with Testosterone Deficiency.The world journal of men's health · 2024Article
- Pregnenolone 16α-carbonitrile negatively regulates hippocampal cytochrome P450 enzymes and ameliorates phenytoin-induced hippocampal neurotoxicity.Journal of pharmaceutical analysis · 2023Article
- Diurnal fluctuations in steroid hormones tied to variation in intrinsic functional connectivity in a densely sampled male.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Causal effects of serum testosterone levels on brain volume: a sex-stratified Mendelian randomization study.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2023Article
- Testosterone, cognitive decline and dementia in ageing men.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2022Review
- Age-Related Male Hypogonadism and Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly: Focus on the Effects of Testosterone Replacement Therapy on Cognition.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
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Abstract
Cognitive impairment and dementia are predicted to undergo a dramatic increase in the following years with more than 131.5 million people being affected by 2030. Although vascular diseases play the most important role in the pathogenesis of memory impairment in aging men, some pre-clinical and clinical evidence has suggested a possible contribution of the age-dependent reduction of testosterone (T). In this paper we have summarized and discussed all the information derived from available animal and experimental studies. In addition, we meta-analyzed data rising from all randomized placebo controlled trials (RCTs) published so far. Only limited preclinical and clinical evidence can support a possible contribution of T in the pathogenesis of the age-dependent impairment of cognitive functions. In addition, our meta-analysis did not support the use of T replacement therapy for the improvement of several cognitive domains analyzed including attention/working memory, executive function, language, verbal memory, visual memory, visuomotor ability, and visuospatial ability. However, it is important to recognize that the vast majority of available RCTs included mixed populations of subjects with eugonadism and hypogonadism preventing any final conclusion being drawn on these issues.
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