HPA axis function in male caregivers: Effect of the monoamine oxidase-A gene promoter (MAOA-uVNTR)

Biological Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 250-255

  Brummett, Beverly H ^a   Boyle, Stephen H ^a   Siegler, Ilene C ^a   Kuhn, Cynthia M ^a   Surwit, Richard S ^a   Garrett, Melanie E ^a   Collins, Ann ^a   Ashley Koch, Allison ^a   Williams, Redford B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Cortisol; MAOA uVNTR; Monoamine oxidase A; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC STRESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50849130563     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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