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Genetics of HPA-axis, depression and suicidality

Wasserman, D., Wasserman, J., Sokolowski, M.·2010·European Psychiatry

Abstract

The ultimate consequence of mental ill-health, suicidal behavior (SB), is a significant problem in most societies of the world. Suicide causes about one million deaths worldwide each year, and 10-20 times more people attempt suicide. The causes of why certain people engage in SB are complex, involving for e.g., both environmental and genetic factors, and interactions in-between. Well-established environmental risk factors are events causing significant psychological stress, which are particularly difficult to cope with, e.g. exposure to physical and sexual abuse. Excessive stress have the potential to induce unfavorable effects in a variety of higher brain-functions, incurred as side-effects to maladaptive responses in the genetically controlled stress-responsive neurosystems, e.g. the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis; a major and systemic stress-modulator, which is mainly controlled by the regulatory corticotrophin releasing hormone receptor 1 (CRHR1) gene. Variation in-between individuals in such stress-regulatory genes such as CRHR1, may underlie the causes of the increased susceptibility of certain individuals towards SB. Here we review some of the current knowledge on what is known about the roles of the HPA axis in SB, with a focus on CRHR1.

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Authors
Wasserman, D., Wasserman, J., & Sokolowski, M.
Affiliations
Karolinska Institutet (SE)
Corresponding author
Wasserman, D.
Venue
European Psychiatry
Published
2010-06
Volume
25
Issue
5
Pages
278-280
ISSN
  • 0924-9338 (ISSN-L)
  • 1778-3585
OpenAlex
W1992816731
Cited by
63
References
33
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FWCI
0.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • European Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, suicide, depression, CRHR1, corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1, genetic susceptibility, stress response, psychological stress, gene-environment interaction
MeSH terms
CRF Receptor, Type 1, Depressive Disorder, Humans, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Pituitary-Adrenal System, Stress, Psychological, Suicide, Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone

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