Depression link made to gene set off by high stress

Friday, July 18, 2003

WASHINGTON -- In the first study to show a direct genetic link between emotional stress and depression, researchers found that people with a certain type of brain chemistry gene were more vulnerable to deep depression after traumatic events such as the death of a family member.

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