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Jerome A. Yesavage

Researcher at Stanford University

Publications -  446
Citations -  43320

Jerome A. Yesavage is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cognition & Dementia. The author has an hindex of 73, co-authored 423 publications receiving 39527 citations. Previous affiliations of Jerome A. Yesavage include United States Department of Veterans Affairs & National Institutes of Health.

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CSF hypocretin/orexin levels in narcolepsy and other neurological conditions.

TL;DR: Undetectable CSF hypocretin-1 levels are highly specific to narcolepsy and rare cases of GBS, which is a useful diagnostic procedure and future research in this area is needed to establish functional significance.
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Gender Differences in Moderate Drinking Effects

TL;DR: It is concluded that the menstrual cycle is unlikely to influence alcohol pharmacokinetics and that women are more susceptible than men to alcohol-related impairment of cognitive performance, especially in tasks involving delayed memory or divided attention functions.
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The validation of the short form of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) in Greece.

TL;DR: A score of 6/7 on the GDS-15 was found to be the best cut-off point for diagnosing depression in an elderly Greek population, with Sensitivity=92.23 and Specificity=95.24, and factor analysis of the G DS-15 revealed 4 factors: a cognitive, an affective, a functional, and a factor that reflects helplessness and fear for the future.
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Proposed Factor Structure of the Geriatric Depression Scale

TL;DR: The Geriatric Depression Scale was administered to 326 community-dwelling elderly subjects, and the data were subjected to a factor analysis, which revealed the structure of the factors that emerged.