News High Levels Of Maternal Care Has Life-long Impact On Vulnerability To Stress, Study Says

[MyPTSD]

A new study shows that high levels of maternal care during the early post-natal period in rodents can reduce the sensitivity of the offspring to stressful events during adulthood. Maternal care is shown to chemically modify and thereby re-program genes that control stress responses, making them less likely to be activated. The findings have important implications for understanding early environment influences on stress-related disorders.

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[anthony]

Further confirmation of a known factor...

 

[Deleted member 1860]

Well this explains a lot...

 

[ms spock]

Yes those who receive less care or are "primed" in some way are more susceptible to getting PTSD.

 

[ms spock]

There are important future implications of the study for those who may be vulnerable to depression. "If we figure out exactly how cells regulate their stress molecules, we can modify and improve the function of the stress system in individuals who have not benefited from optimal early life environment, and perhaps prevent vulnerability to stress-related mental and cognitive problems," said Dr. Baram.
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The science of this will be interesting when they finally unravel it.

 

[Abstract]

This is something I keep going back to in my own life and fits. I also see it around me a lot. All sorts of consequences from these deficits.

 

[ms spock]

When you see three or four generations together and you see what they have passed on - it can be kind of sad.

 

[The Albatross]

Roger that Ms. Spock, I am the 4th generation that I know of for certain. I have some comfort in the fact that it stops with me as I wasn't able to bear a child and chose not to pursue adoption or to use extraordinary measures in attempts to conceive.