Psychiatric symptoms normally are not caused by a specific gene. Instead, certain genes, or rather genetic variants, raise our vulnerability to developing depression, anxiety, mood swings, brain fog, hyperactivity, angry outbursts and psychosis
In this newsletter, I hope to demystify the various ways this can happen.
I’ll discuss:
The relationship between genes and the proteins they code for
The role of methylation and oxidative stress in gene expression
The types of proteins that are especially important in brain health
Examples of variants that can impact neurotransmitter functioning and thus symptoms
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Genetic Variants & Brain Symptoms