Rat studies show that HDAC inhibitor drugs used in Alzheimers and Huntington patients may help those suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which currently affects at least one out of every eight veterans. PTSD is an anxiety disorder that can occur after a person has experienced an intensely stressful event, ranging from physical abuse to natural disasters. Symptoms include guilt, detachment, irritability, difficulty in concentrating and reliving the stressful event repeatedly.
Researchers at the University of Texas and UCLA have identified in rats genes responsive to stress and are exploring their relationship to a part of the brain which can no longer normalize new fear and stress stimuli as in PTSD victims. PTSD cases are rising among returning veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq according to US VA.
Findings are published in the February Nature.
Tatarewicz; All this suffering and waste of money for wars for Israel and rats are the first to benefit from possible PTSD treatment.
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