Variation in the glucocorticoid receptor gene at rs41423247 moderates the effect of prenatal maternal psychological symptoms on child cortisol reactivity and behavior

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2541-2549

  Velders, Fleur P ^a,b   Dieleman, Gwen ^a   Cents, Rolieke A M ^a,b   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^c   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a,b   Hofman, Albert ^b   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^c,d   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a,b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

child emotional and behavioral problem; cortisol reactivity; gene environment interaction; glucocorticoid receptor gene; prenatal psychological symptom

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOASSAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SALIVA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TACROLIMUS BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84866427647     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2012.118     Document Type: Article

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