Genetic and environmental effects on diurnal dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate concentrations in middle-aged men

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1441-1452

  Prom Wormley, Elizabeth C ^a   York, Timothy P ^a   Jacobson, Kristen C ^b   Eaves, Lindon J ^a   Mendoza, Sally P ^c   Hellhammer, Dirk ^d   Maninger, Nicole ^c   Levine, Seymour ^g   Lupien, Sonia ^h   Lyons, Michael J ⁱ   Hauger, Richard ^e,f   Xian, Hong ^j   Franz, Carol E ^e   Kremen, William S ^e,f  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aging; DHEAS; Diurnal concentrations; Genetics; Men; Twin study

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; AGING; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HERITABILITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SALIVA; TWINS; VIETNAM CONFLICT; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 80054867710     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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