Susceptibility to depression expressed as alterations in cortisol day curve: A cross-twin, cross-trait study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-318

  Wichers, Marieke C ^a   Myin Germeys, Inez ^a   Jacobs, Nele ^a,b   Kenis, Gunter ^a   Derom, Catherine ^c   Vlietinck, Robert ^c   Delespaul, Philippe ^a   Mengelers, Ron ^a   Peeters, Frenk ^a   Nicolson, Nancy ^a   Os, Jim Van ^a,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Cross twin cross trait method; Depression; Endophenotype; Epigenetics

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TWINS;

EID: 42149124853     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31816b1eee     Document Type: Article

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