Salivary cortisol and prefrontal cortical thickness in middle-aged men: A twin study

NeuroImage

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1093-1102

  Kremen, William S ^a,b,c   O'Brien, Robert C ^a   Panizzon, Matthew S ^a   Prom Wormley, Elizabeth ^d   Eaves, Lindon J ^d   Eisen, Seth A ^e,o   Eyler, Lisa T ^a,c   Hauger, Richard L ^a,c   Fennema Notestine, Christine ^a,f   Fischl, Bruce ^g   Grant, Michael D ^h   Hellhammer, Dirk H ⁱ   Jak, Amy J ^a,c   Jacobson, Kristen C ^j   Jernigan, Terry L ^a   Lupien, Sonia J ^k   Lyons, Michael J ^h   Mendoza, Sally P ^l   Neale, Michael C ^d   Seidman, Larry J ^c   Thermenos, Heidi W ^m   Tsuang, Ming T ^a,b,c   Dale, Anders M ^g,n   Franz, Carol E ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^k CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Heritability; Hippocampus; HPA axis structure; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; TWINS;

EID: 77956203595     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.02.026     Document Type: Article

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