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Risk and resilience: genetic and environmental influences on development of the stress response.
Depression and anxiety - 1 Jan 2009
Gillespie Charles F, Phifer Justine, Bradley Bekh, Ressler Kerry J
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to stressful events during development has consistently been shown to produce long-lasting alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which may increase vulnerability to disease, including posttraumatic stress disorder and other mood and anxiety disorders. Recently reported genetic association studies indicate that these effects may be mediated, in part, by genexenvironment...
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