Common Polymorphisms in the Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene Are Associated with Adrenocortical Responses to Psychosocial Stress

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 565-573

  Wüst, Stefan ^a   Van Rossum, Elisabeth F C ^b   Federenko, Ilona S ^a   Koper, Jan W ^b   Kumsta, Robert ^a   Hellhammer, Dirk H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BCLI RFLP GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ER22 GENE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; N363S GENE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ALLELES; COSYNTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 10744232835     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-031148     Document Type: Article

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