Association of a common mineralocorticoid receptor gene polymorphism with salivary cortisol in healthy adults

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 298-301

  Muhtz, Christoph ^a   Zyriax, Birgit Christiane ^a   Bondy, Brigitta ^b   Windler, Eberhard ^a   Otte, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Genetics; HPA axis; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SALIVA; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79551472780     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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