Megan Brooks March 01, 2023 Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with increased motor and nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and reduced quality of life (QOL), new research shows. Results of the first study to evaluate the relationship between childhood trauma and PD investigators found that the relationship appears to be dose dependent. Patients with PD who reported more than...
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Childhood trauma could affect development, treatment of multiple sclerosis
by Liz Ahlberg Touchstone, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Credit: CC0 Public Domain Childhood trauma could affect the trajectory of multiple sclerosis development and response to treatment in adulthood, a new study in mice found. Mice that had experienced stress when young were more likely to develop the autoimmune disorder and less likely to respond to...
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Childhood trauma may affect brain structure, predisposing adults to recurring major depressive disorder
by Lancet Credit: CC0 Public Domain Early life trauma may affect the structure of the brain in a way that makes clinical depression more likely to be severe and recurrent, according to a two-year observational study of 110 patients published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal. Previous studies have suggested an association between maltreatment and altered brain structure, while...