All human’s have a natural survival instinctive reaction when faced with a dangerous situation. This is our “fight or flight” reaction. PTSD is when an individual's state of mind is always in this state of mind and never fully recovers to a relaxed state. The disorder develops after a traumatic event in some way affected the individual. Many things can cause it such as natural disasters and car crashes. The most well known is PTSD with war veterans.
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Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health have found patterns in the study of mice. Mice with a certain level of a fear memory forming protein called stathmin. Mice shown with higher amounts of this protein were more likely to show fear when exploring open spaces after a fearful event. Another chemical called gastrin-releasing pep-tide or GRP seems to help control the level of fear in mice.
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