Post-traumatic stress disorder: molecular mechanisms of the intergenerational and transgenerational inheritance
E. L. Patkin,
I. O. Suchkova,
S. G. Tsikunov
et al.
Abstract:Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental disorder that is closely associated with dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, and for its development is required the experience of a traumatic event that causes negative emotions and memories that persist for quite a long time. The likelihood of development of post-traumatic stress disorder is influenced both environmental factors, and genetic and epigenetic characteristics of the body. In this case epigenetic modifications act as dynamic biomarker… Show more
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