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Corticosteroid receptor-gene variants: modulators of the stress-response and implications for mental health.
European journal of pharmacology - 13 May 2008
Derijk Roel H, van Leeuwen Nienke, Klok Melanie D, Zitman Frans G
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The stress-response, including autonomic and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis reactivity, is essential for maintaining homeostasis during a challenge. Brain mineralocorticoid receptors and glucocorticoid receptors operate in balance to coordinate the stress-response. Genetic variants in both the human mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptor-genes have been functionally characterized. In vitro...
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