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Interaction of childhood maltreatment with the corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene: effects on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis reactivity.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Oct 2009
Tyrka Audrey R, Price Lawrence H, Gelernter Joel, Schepker Caroline, Anderson George M, Carpenter Linda L
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BACKGROUND: Variation in the corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor (CRHR1) gene has been shown to interact with early life stress to predict adult depression. This study was conducted to determine whether CRHR1 polymorphisms interact with childhood maltreatment to predict hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis reactivity, which has been linked to both depression and early life stress. METHODS: One hundred...
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