Wednesday 13 August 2014

Secret of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Revealed by Biomarker

Stress hormones called glucocorticoids target the blood expression levels of genes, which could be the biomarker of risk for developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, reveals a study conducted in rats by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published August 11 in iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i (iPNAS/i). That also makes the steroid hormones' receptor, the glucocorticoid receptor, a potential target for new drugs. Post-Traumatic ...

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