Posted by Quintal on December 13, 2006, at 14:57:44
In reply to Glucocorticoid receptor hypothesis of depression, posted by dessbee on December 13, 2006, at 5:14:51
>Another study shows how dynamic the glucocorticoid receptor density is.
Neonatal handling resulted in increased hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor density, which implies an increased HPA axis sensitivity.
Results also showed that handling increased BDNF.
>So this suggests babies that are handled, massaged and stimulated more have a higher resilience to stress etc?
I think I've read something similar to this before. Interesting. Makes sense that babies that are neglected often develop problems like depression and low stress tolerance as adults.
Q
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