“…90 Sex hormones are also important for the development and maintenance of acquired cognitive capacities, 90 and changes in androgen levels modulate, at least in part, the cognitive changes with advancing age. 57 In a longitudinal study (407 men, aged 50-91 years), the FT index (i.e., serum T/SHBG) was positively associated with scores on measures of verbal, visual memory, and visuospatial performances and inversely with rate of decline in visual memory. 93 Finally, clinical manifestations suspected to be caused by androgen deficiency are numerous; however, parallels between the clinical effects of aging and the age-related perturbations in TT, FT, and SHBG concentrations obscure its distinction from the normal aging process.…”