Journal of Genetic Syndromes & Gene Therapy
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Kenneth Blum

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  Diagnosis and Healing In Veterans Suspected of Suffering from Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Using Reward Gene Testing and Reward Circuitry Natural Dopaminergic Activation
  Author(s): Kenneth Blum, John Giordano, Marlene Oscar-Berman, Abdalla Bowirrat, Thomas Simpatico and Debmalya BarhKenneth Blum, John Giordano, Marlene Oscar-Berman, Abdalla Bowirrat, Thomas Simpatico and Debmalya Barh
  
  There is a need for understanding and treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in soldiers returning to the United States of America after combat. Likewise, it would be beneficial to finding a way to reduce violence committed by soldiers, here and abroad, who are suspected of having post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We hypothesize that even before combat, soldiers with a childhood background of violence (or with a familial susceptibility risk) would benefit from being genotyped for high-risk alleles. Such a process could help to identify candidates who would be less suited for combat than those without high-risk alleles. Of secondary importance is finding safe methods to treat individuals already exposed to combat and known to have PTSD. Since hypodopaminergic function in the brain’s reward circuitry due to gene polymorphisms is known to increase substance use disord.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7412.1000116

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