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The Longitudinal Relationship Between Cortisol Responses to Mental Stress and Leukocyte Telomere Attrition

CONTEXT: Chronic psychological stress has been associated with shorter telomeres, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. One possibility is that the neuroendocrine responses to stress exposure are involved. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that greater cortisol responsivity to acute s...

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Autores principales: Steptoe, Andrew, Hamer, Mark, Lin, Jue, Blackburn, Elizabeth H., Erusalimsky, Jorge D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Endocrine Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27967317
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2016-3035