APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Familial Risk for Depression and Puberty Interact to Impact DHEA/Cortisol Ratios in Adolescents
- Valerie Micol
University of Michigan - Andrea Roberts
University of Michigan - Sarah Taylor-Cavelier
University of Michigan - Julia Snider
University of Michigan - Rachel Clark
University of Michigan - Emily Stumpo
University of Michigan - Nestor Lopez-Duran
University of Michigan
Abstract
We examined whether DHEA and Cortisol ratios vary during the adolescent transition as a function of familial risk for depression. We found that younger kids at familial risk displayed lower DHEA/cort ratios than their low risk peers but this effect was no longer present at later stages of puberty.
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