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PTSD and gene variants: new pathways and new thinking.
Neuropharmacology - 1 Feb 2012
Skelton Kelly, Ressler Kerry J, Norrholm Seth D, Jovanovic Tanja, Bradley-Davino Bekh
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder which can develop as a result of exposure to a traumatic event and is associated with significant functional impairment. Family and twin studies have found that risk for PTSD is associated with an underlying genetic vulnerability and that more than 30% of the variance associated with PTSD is related to a heritable component. Using a fear conditioning...
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