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Genetic variation in neuropeptide Y interacts with childhood trauma to influence anxiety sensitivity.
Anxiety, stress, and coping - 1 Jul 2021
Womersley Jacqueline Samantha, Martin Lindi, van der Merwe Lize, Seedat Soraya, Hemmings Sian Megan Joanna
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Anxiety sensitivity (AS) refers to a fear of the negative implications of anxiety, and arises due to gene-environment interactions. We investigated whether genetic variation in two neuropeptides implicated in the stress response, neuropeptide Y (NPY) and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide receptor 1, interacted with childhood trauma (CT) to influence AS. DESIGN AND...
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