Glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms and glucocorticoid sensitivity of subdermal blood vessels and leukocytes

Biological Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-184

  Kumsta, R ^a   Entringer, S ^a   Koper, J W ^b   van Rossum, E F C ^b   Hellhammer, D H ^a   Wust S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms; Glucocorticoid sensitivity; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; TARGET ORGAN;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SKIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VASOCONSTRICTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50849102624     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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