Dissecting the genetic architecture of the cardiovascular and renal stress response

Biological Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 73-95

  Snieder, Harold ^a,b   Harshfield, Gregory A ^a   Barbeau, Paule ^a   Pollock, David M ^a   Pollock, Jennifer S ^a   Treiber, Frank A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Genetics; Hypertension; Stress

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FAMILY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KIDNEY; MENTAL STRESS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SODIUM RETENTION; STRESS; TWINS; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0036774447     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(02)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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