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Exposure of Men to PTSD-Promoting Trauma Elevates Levels of Sperm miRNAs with Anxiety and Depression-Inducing Activities

2026-04-27

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Chronically stressing male rodents can induce stress-specific epigenetic changes in sperm that contribute to altered offspring phenotypes. Whether similar phenomena occur in men is unclear. This study addresses this knowledge gap by analyzing sperm microRNAs (miRNAs) from 51 men exposed to various levels of adult trauma including crime, disaster, and physical or sexual violence, quantified by the Trauma History Qu...

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Literature Corpus work: 2807543c-6f9a-5a0d-99c9-81d4b6188d85
DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.22.720211

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