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Thromb Haemost 2017; 117(04): 816-818
DOI: 10.1160/TH16-10-0817
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Susceptibility to chronic social stress increases plaque progression, vulnerability and platelet activation

Chiara Giannarelli
1   Atherothrombosis Research Unit, Zena and M. A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
2   Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, The Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
,
David T. Rodriguez
1   Atherothrombosis Research Unit, Zena and M. A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
,
M. Urooj Zafar
1   Atherothrombosis Research Unit, Zena and M. A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
,
Daniel Christoffel
3   Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
,
Vincent Vialou
3   Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
,
Catherine Peña
3   Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
,
Ana Badimon
3   Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
,
Georgia F. Hodes
3   Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
,
Pauline Mury
1   Atherothrombosis Research Unit, Zena and M. A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
,
Jacklyn Rabkin
3   Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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Matilde Alique
1   Atherothrombosis Research Unit, Zena and M. A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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Giulia Villa
1   Atherothrombosis Research Unit, Zena and M. A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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Carmen Argmann
2   Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, The Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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Eric J. Nestler
3   Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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Scott J. Russo
3   Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
,
Juan J. Badimon
1   Atherothrombosis Research Unit, Zena and M. A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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Received: 29 October 2016

Accepted after minor revision: 12 January 2016

Publication Date:
13 November 2017 (online)

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