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Dissecting the genetic architecture of the cardiovascular and renal stress response.
Biological psychology - 1 Oct 2002
Snieder Harold, Harshfield Gregory A, Barbeau Paule, Pollock David M, Pollock Jennifer S, Treiber Frank A
Abstract excerpt
We review the evidence for a genetic basis of the cardiovascular and renal stress response. A bio-behavioral model of stress-induced hypertension is presented that explains how repeated exposure to stress in combination with genetic susceptibility might lead to the development of hypertension. In this model, we focus on three underlying physiological systems that mediate the stress response of the heart,...
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