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Gene-based SNP genetic association study of the corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor-2 (CRHR2) in major depression.
American journal of medical genetics - 8 Mar 2002
Villafuerte Sandra M, Del-Favero Jurgen, Adolfsson Rolf, Souery Daniel, Massat Isabelle, Mendlewicz Julien, Van Broeckhoven Christine, Claes Stephan
Abstract excerpt
An increasing amount of data suggests that affective disorders are related to dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, the stress-response system. Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor-2 (CRHR2)-deficient mice display a stress-sensitive and anxiety-like phenotype suggesting that the CRHR2 is a plausible functional candidate gene influencing the reactivity of the HPA axis and therefore...
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