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Biology
January 22, 2018

Type of Trauma Affects Gene Transcription Effects in PTSD

In a 2017 article in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, researcher Michael S. Breen and colleagues analyzed five separate studies of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and found that sex and type of trauma affected th...
Biology
April 12, 2017

Immune Response to Repeated Stress Alters Behavior in Mice

In research presented at the 2016 meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, Jonathan P. Godbout described how an immune reaction to repeated stressors may lead to anxious behaviors in mice. -- Mice were repeatedly d...
Childhood
November 9, 2015

Link Between Childhood Trauma and Difficult Course of Bipolar Disorder Clarified

A collaboration between Norwegian and French researchers led by Bruno Etain has clarified the pathway by which childhood trauma is linked to worse outcomes among people with bipolar disorder. The researchers, who presented...