Failure to replicate the association of glucocorticoid and type 1 corticotropin-releasing hormone receptors gene variants with risk of depression during pregnancy and post-partum reported by

J Psychiatr Res. 2014 Sep:56:168-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.04.016. Epub 2014 May 5.

Authors

Evie Stergiakouli¹, Jonathan A C Sterne², George Davey Smith³

Affiliations

¹ MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Oakfield Grove, BS8 2BN Bristol, UK.
² School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³ MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Oakfield Grove, BS8 2BN Bristol, UK. Electronic address: kz.davey-smith@bristol.ac.uk.

PMID: 24845978
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.04.016

No abstract available

Keywords: ALSPAC; Candidate gene study; Genetics; Postnatal depression; Replication.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Depression / genetics*
Depression, Postpartum / genetics*
Female
Humans
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics*
Pregnancy
Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / genetics*
Receptors, Glucocorticoid / genetics*

Substances

Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
Receptors, Glucocorticoid

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