Micro-RNA's contribute to risk for panic disorder

Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 10:31 in Biology & Nature

Studies in twin pairs suggest that 40% of the risk for panic disorder is heritable, yet the manner in which genes contribute to the risk for panic disorder is far from clear. To date, variations in a growing number of genes have been implicated in the risk for panic disorder, but the magnitude of the impact of each individual gene is relatively small.

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