Saturday, September 24, 2011

1648 - Mental health

Here's a not to long article about suicide and genetics and how changes in your genome can affect you. From the article...

The study focused on looking at the rRNA genes of the hippocampus of people who committed suicide. The main reason for studying the hippocampus is that it is one of the key areas of the brain involved in mental health. The rRNA gene was selected because it has been implicated in other psychological disorders.


WHOLE ARTICLE

Mental health will be important to be able to get past November 2012.

 

3 comments:

The Mistress of the Dark said...

Pass the prozac!

Mike said...

MD - Better have lots on hand.

Bilbo said...

Why will mental health be important then? It's certainly not a prerequisite for serving in Congress.

vw: pronat - one who is in favor of nat.