title: Subclinical hypothyroidism and neurocognitive functioning in bipolar disorder.
abstract: The aim of this study was to compare neurocognitive functioning between euthymic bipolar disorder (BD) patients with and without subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH). Patients with SCH had poorer performance than patients without SCH in measures of verbal memory, attention, language, and executive functions. These preliminary results suggest that SCH could have some impact on the neurocognitive performance of euthymic patients with BD and warrant further research in this field.
authors.affiliation: Bipolar Disorder Program, Institute of Neurosciences, Favaloro University, Buenos Aires, Argentina; National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Argentina. Electronic address: diejmartino@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Diego J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Martino
authors.affiliation: Bipolar Disorder Program, Institute of Neurosciences, Favaloro University, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Institute of Cognitive Neurology (INECO), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Sergio A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Strejilevich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000097:blood / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D014706:Verbal Learning; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Attention; Executive functions; Memory; Thyroid