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They establish that child abuse changes the genes that manage stress
posted on: Jan 13 2012 8:12 by RDugey. Viewed 22 times.
An investigation conducted by scientists of the University and the Geneva Hospital has been established that child abuse changes the regulation of genes involved in the management of stress in adulthood, which can cause the development of various pathologies.
101 Adult individuals, all of them victims of disorder, borderline personality, also known as "borderline" participated in the study.
The research team noted a percentage significantly higher modification epigenetic DNA in subjects who have suffered in her childhood abuse as abuse physical, sexual, emotional or affective deficiency with respect to those who did not suffer such situations.
According to the findings of scientists, published in the magazine "Translational Psychiatry", the stress generated by such abuses induces a change epigenetics of the receptor gene of glucocorticoid which acts on the shaft u000ahypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal.
This axis is involved in the management of the are, according to the team of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva and the University hospitals of Geneva
When this axis is altered can disturb the management of the stress into adulthood and cause the development of psychopathology.
The researchers believe that if consider the impact of other violent, as a natural disaster or a crash, injuries could eventually reached conclusions similar.
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