Hair cortisol in twins:heritability and genetic overlap with psychological variables and stress-system genes

• Main Authors: Rietschel, L. (Liz), Streit, F. (Fabian), Zhu, G. (Gu), McAlone, K. (Kerrie), Frank, J. (Josef), Couvy-Duchesne, B. (Baptiste), Witt, S. H. (Stephanie H.), Binz, T. M. (Tina M.), McGrath, J. (John), Hickie, I. B. (Ian B.), Hansel, N. K. (Narelle K.), Wright, M. J. (Margaret J.), Gillespie, N. A. (Nathan A.), Forstner, A. J. (Andreas J.), Schulze, T. G. (Thomas G.), Wüst, S. (Stefan), Nöthen, M. M. (Markus M.), Baumgartner, M. R. (Markus R.), Walker, B. R. (Brian R.), Crawford, A. A. (Andrew A.), Colodro-Conde, L. (Lucía), Medland, S. E. (Sarah E.), Martin, N. G. (Nicholas G.), Rietschel, M. (Marcella)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2017
• Subjects: Brigham; Brisbane; Canada; Chapel Hill; Cornet; Davey; Jebsen; Kari; Klaus; Maren; Margarita; Nese; Norway; Queensland; Stacy; Sven; Thalia; Valentina; Vasa; Iceland
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2019062822296

Abstract Hair cortisol concentration (HCC) is a promising measure of long-term hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity. Previous research has suggested an association between HCC and psychological variables, and initial studies of inter-individual variance in HCC have implicated genetic f...