Epigenetic and Genetic Factors Predict Women's Salivary Cortisol following a Threat to the Social Self

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Edelman, Shany ^a   Shalev, Idan ^a   Uzefovsky, Florina ^b   Israel, Salomon ^b   Knafo, Ariel ^b   Kremer, Ilana ^c   Mankuta, David ^a   Kaitz, Marsha ^b   Ebstein, Richard P ^a,b,d  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; EPIGENETICS; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; NR3C1 GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PYROSEQUENCING; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL STRESS;

ADULT; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EXONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84869105222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048597     Document Type: Article

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