Promoter polymorphisms of the NOS3 gene are associated with hypnotizability-dependent vascular response to nociceptive stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 467, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-255

  Presciuttini, Silvano ^a   Curcio, Michele ^b   Chillemi, Roberta ^a   Barbuti, Serena ^b   Scatena, Fabrizio ^b   Carli, Giancarlo ^c   Ghelarducci, Brunello ^a   Santarcangelo, Enrica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Haplotype analysis; Hypnotizability; Linkage disequilibrium; NOS3

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SHEAR STRESS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TESTING; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350755469     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.10.056     Document Type: Article

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