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Descendants of Holocaust Survivors Have Altered Stress Hormones

3/1/2015

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Their latest results reveal that descendants of people who survived the Holocaust have different stress hormone profiles than their peers, perhaps predisposing them to anxiety disorders. This finding echoes the results of many other human epigenetic studies that show that the effects of certain experiences during childhood and adolescence are especially enduring in individuals and sometimes even across generations.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/descendants-of-holocaust-survivors-have-altered-stress-hormones/

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