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SUBMITTER: Chang HA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4985655 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chang Hsin-An HA Fang Wen-Hui WH Chang Tieh-Ching TC Huang San-Yuan SY Chang Chuan-Chia CC
Scientific reports 20160816
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is involved in resilience to stress, and higher vagal (parasympathetic) activity has been associated with greater stress resilience. Thus, we examined whether rs16147, a functional promoter polymorphism (C>T) of the NPY gene, could influence vagal tone during chronic high stress levels. NPY genotyping, chronic psychological stress level measurement (using the Perceived Stress Scale [PSS]), cardiac autonomic function assessment (using short-term heart rate variability [HRV]) ...[more]