Interaction between 5-HTTLPR and BDNF Val66Met polymorphisms on HPA axis reactivity in preschoolers

Biological Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-100

  Dougherty, Lea R ^a   Klein, Daniel N ^a   Congdon, Eliza ^a   Canli, Turhan ^a   Hayden, Elizabeth P ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; HPA axis reactivity; Multilevel modeling; Serotonin transporter gene; Stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE SALIVA LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALIVA LEVEL; SEPARATION ANXIETY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALLELES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 75949104158     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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