Gene variant may increase psychiatric risk after traumatic brain injury

(Veterans Affairs Research Communications) In a Veterans Affairs, study, a gene variant known to predict Alzheimer's risk was linked to worse psychiatric symptoms in those with a traumatic brain injury. Study participants with the gene variant and at least one TBI had more severe PTSD, anxiety, and depression, compared with TBI patients without the same variant.

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