Altered functioning of the glucocorticoid receptor pathway is a vulnerability factor for development of PTSD symptomatology in response to military deployment to Afghanistan

Rationale : PTSD is associated with changes in the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) pathway. We hypothesized that altered functioning of the GR pathway is already present before development of PTSD and thus represents a biological vulnerability factor for the development of PTSD. Therefore, we investiga...

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Main Authors: Mirjam van Zuiden, Elbert Geuze, Eric Vermetten, Annemieke Kavelaars, Cobi Heijnen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2012-09-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
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