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DNA methylation and sex-specific expression of FKBP5 as correlates of one-month bedtime cortisol levels in healthy individuals.
Psychoneuroendocrinology - 1 Nov 2018
Lee Richard S, Mahon Pamela B, Zandi Peter P, McCaul Mary E, Yang Xiaoju, Bali Utsav, Wand Gary S
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Chronic exposure to cortisol is associated with cardiovascular, metabolic, and psychiatric disorders. Although cortisol can be readily measured from peripheral sources such as blood, urine, or saliva, multiple samplings spanning several days to weeks are necessary to reliably assess chronic cortisol exposure levels (referred to as cortisol load). Although cortisol levels in hair have been proposed as a measure of...
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