Enjoying the JourneySpotlight Post: The Depression Gene
November 6th 2008 17:30
Morgan Bell wrote on DeepPencil.com . . .
The Depression Gene
There is now a DNA test that can detect the double gene for depression. If you have the gene you will be prone to severe depression during stressful times.
The link between genes and behaviour is being closely studied in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Their first discovery has been hailed as a gene for violence. People who have one version of a gene called MAOA are not readily able to damp down their stress response in the brain. However, it’s only a problem when paired with a stressful childhood. Most people with the wrong gene/environment combination have ended up in jail for violent crime.
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The Depression Gene
There is now a DNA test that can detect the double gene for depression. If you have the gene you will be prone to severe depression during stressful times.
The link between genes and behaviour is being closely studied in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Their first discovery has been hailed as a gene for violence. People who have one version of a gene called MAOA are not readily able to damp down their stress response in the brain. However, it’s only a problem when paired with a stressful childhood. Most people with the wrong gene/environment combination have ended up in jail for violent crime.
Click here to read this post in its entirety.
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