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Corticotropin-releasing hormone system polymorphisms are associated with children's cortisol reactivity.
Neuroscience - 15 Jan 2013
Sheikh H I, Kryski K R, Smith H J, Hayden E P, Singh S M
Abstract excerpt
The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis underlies both adaptive and maladaptive responses to stress and may be an important marker of childhood vulnerability to psychopathology, although little is known about genetic variants that influence cortisol reactivity. We therefore examined associations between corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) system gene (CRH, CRHR1 and CRHBP) variants and cortisol...
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