Abused children are at high risk of anxiety and mood disorders, as ...

Abused children are at high risk of anxiety and mood disorders, as traumatic experience induces lasting changes to their gene regulation. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich have now documented for the first time that genetic variants of the FKBP5 gene can influence epigenetic alterations in this gene induced by early trauma. In individuals with a genetic predisposition, trauma causes long-term changes in DNA methylation leading to a lasting dysregulation of the stress hormone system...

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Source: http://www.kiefit.com/Health_Fitness/some-victims-of-childhood-trauma-left-with-lifelong-dysregulation-of-stress-hormones/

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