Gene Variation implicated in Stress-Related Depression
Thursday August 14, 2003
U.K. Scientists have discovered a genetic variation that makes one more susceptible to stress-related depression. We know that stressful events can lead to clinical depression but not all people who suffer major stress develop depression.
The new study demonstrated that a person who has two copies of the short form of the "serotonin transporter gene" has more than twice the risk of developing depression following a major stressful event than someone without that variation. Read more:
Neurolink: Stress-induced depression depends on short form of gene
The new study demonstrated that a person who has two copies of the short form of the "serotonin transporter gene" has more than twice the risk of developing depression following a major stressful event than someone without that variation. Read more:
Neurolink: Stress-induced depression depends on short form of gene