title: Psychogenetics of post-traumatic stress disorder: a short review.
abstract: Post-traumatic stress disorder is a commonly overlooked psychiatric disorder due to the heterogeneity of symptoms that may simulate many other psychiatric disorders. Such heterogeneity of manifestations may be explained by the multifaceted nature of the different neurotransmitters, endocrinologic axis, and their genetic basis, that are implicated in the etiology. Although this disorder has been studied from many different perspectives, its etiology is still enigmatic. This minireview demonstrates, in brief, that different susceptibility genes are associated with post traumatic stress disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rady
authors.forename: Adel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elsheshai
authors.forename: Osama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Elkholy
authors.forename: Heba Abou
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: El Wafa
keywords: neurobiology; post traumatic stress disorder; psychogenetic; stress response; trauma