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Is Chronic Stress making you Moody?

July 24, 2012

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Stress can cause changes that affect our brains and lead to mood disorders. Stress blocks a gene called neuritin which can cause these disorders. Activating these genes can relieve the problems. Another case of epigenetics at work. Our bodies are very complex genetic machines that are programmed by our environment. Altering this programming in any way can lead to many disorders.

Stress and Depression and…Neuritin? (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
Researchers find link between neuritin gene activity and stress induced depression (medicalxpress.com)
Stress causing mood disorders (stuff.co.nz)
Stress-Induced Depression Is Real [Science] (gizmodo.com)
What chronic stress does to your brain (thestar.com)
Stress-Induced Depression Is Real (gizmodo.co.uk)
Our Environment can allow Tumors to grow or fight them (georgefebish.wordpress.com)
Stress-Induced Depression Confirmed in Breakthrough That May Lead to New Treatments (medsooda.wordpress.com)
Why Stress Makes You Miserable (sott.net)
A Few Signs Your Teenager May Be Depressed (psychcentral.com)

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