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The CRF system, stress, depression and anxiety-insights from human genetic studies.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Jun 2010
Binder E B, Nemeroff C B
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A concatenation of findings from preclinical and clinical studies support a preeminent function for the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) system in mediating the physiological response to external stressors and in the pathophysiology of anxiety and depression. Recently, human genetic studies have provided considerable support to several long-standing hypotheses of mood and anxiety disorders, including the CRF...
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