Genetic load is associated with hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation in macaques

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 949-957

  Ferguson, B ^a   Hunter, J E ^b   Luty, J ^a   Street, S L ^a   Woodall, A ^a   Grant, K A ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; CRH; Dexamethasone; DST; Polymorphism; Rhesus; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPIATE PEPTIDE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LOAD; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALLELES; ANIMALS; DEXAMETHASONE; GENETIC LOAD; GENOTYPE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84876982256     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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