Effect of childhood trauma on adult depression and neuroendocrine function: Sex-specifi c moderation by CRH receptor 1 gene

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2009, Pages

  Heim, Christine ^a   Bradley, Bekh ^a,b   Mletzko, Tanja C ^a   Deveau, Todd C ^a   Musselman, Dominique L ^a   Nemeroff, Charles B ^a   Ressler, Kerry J ^a,c   Binder, Elisabeth B ^a,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CRH receptor; Depression; Dex CRH test; Endocrine; Gene environment interaction; Genetics; HPA axis; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952887928     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.08.041.2009     Document Type: Article

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