Monday, April 15, 2013

Impact on suicide genes

Suicide you have genetic changes that affect brain activity, said Canadian researchers found. Scientists from the University of Montreal studied 18 brains of people who committed suicide and who were humiliated or ignored their opinions. Then specialists examined the brain 12 men who died for other reasons, and not experiencing abuse and humiliation. Researchers found changes in the genome of all 18 suicide victims. The changes were. Not in the genes themselves, but in the ribosomal RNA, which is responsible for the production of proteins on the basis of genetic material The study was published in the journal PLoS. According to the researchers, the results of the experiment for new ways to people at high risk of suicide and its prevention are used to identify. Timely psychological help in this case plays a very important role, experts say.

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