about Montreal » depression http://directoryofmontreal.com/blog What's happenning in Montreal, what's new to do Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:25:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Why heart patients are more susceptible to depression http://directoryofmontreal.com/blog/science-and-techology/why-heart-patients-are-more-susceptible-to-depression/ http://directoryofmontreal.com/blog/science-and-techology/why-heart-patients-are-more-susceptible-to-depression/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 21:53:27 +0000 admin http://directoryofmontreal.com/blog/?p=88 A team from The Miriam Hospital, The Montréal Heart Institute, University of Montréal and McGill University has discovered certain genes related to vascular system that might help predict depression in individuals with heart disease.

They discovered that genetic variations involving endothelial dysfunction – a hallmark for vascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis – and platelet aggregation appear to contribute to depressive symptoms.

“Although further study is needed, our findings suggest that endothelial dysfunction may be a novel mechanism contributing to depressive symptoms among heart disease patients,” said McCaffery, who is also an assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

The study is published in American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics. (ANI)

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