News Not Only Trauma But Also The Reversal Of Trauma Is Inherited

[MyPTSD]

Behaviors caused by traumatic experiences in early life are reversible. Researchers could demonstrate that environmental enrichment allows trauma-related symptoms in mice to be reversed. This is the first evidence that positive environmental factors can correct behavioral alterations which would otherwise be transmitted to the offspring. The symptoms and their reversal are associated with epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene.

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[The ANP]

Very cool

 

[The Albatross]

Bump, not as much discussion as I'd have liked to have seen (cleaning up old watched threads today)

 

[Freedomfighter]

Behaviors caused by traumatic experiences in early life are reversible. Researchers could demonstrate th...

Well, shoot, all I need then is to be immersed into a positive environment. That is the exact place that I am not in.

 

[The Albatross]

Yeah... me either... it's been an uphill slog but not entirely impossible. I don't know that I will really ever land in a place that is opportune but seem to thrive some on beating the odds. How long will that hold? I don't really know. Don't be discouraged though, k?