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Functional evaluation of a PTSD-associated genetic variant: estradiol regulation and ADCYAP1R1.
Translational psychiatry - 13 Dec 2016
Mercer K B, Dias B, Shafer D, Maddox S A, Mulle J G, Hu P, Walton J, Ressler K J
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects 5-10% percent of the US adult population with a higher prevalence among women compared with men. Although it remains unclear how biological sex associates with susceptibility to PTSD, one mechanism may involve a role for estrogen in a gene by environment interaction. We previously demonstrated a sex-dependent association between the pituitary adenylate...
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