Felix Hausch
Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Germany
Biography
Felix Hausch .He was appointed as Exhibition Group Director in Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry. His Research was in Transitional research in Psychiatry. He done his experiment on GermanyFKBP5, the gene encoding FKBP51, has repeatedly been associated in humans with numerous stress-related end phenotypes and with the risk to develop PTSD. Several animal models confirmed FKBP51 as a key regulator of stress responses. How FKBP51 enhances vulnerability to stress-related disorders or how affects neurobiological pathways to impinge on behavior is unknown. Mood and anxiety disorders, including major depression, panic disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, have a high life-time prevalence and account for more disability than most other diseases worldwide as they are associated with significant morbidity, mortality and increased medical comorbidities.
Abstract
Abstract : FKBP51, a risk factor and potential drug target for stress-related disorders
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