Study Sheds Light on Gene Variants That Raise Anxiety Disorder Risk

A collaborative study in the US has uncovered perhaps the strongest evidence yet linking variation in a particular gene with anxiety-related traits. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the University of California at San Diego, and Yale University says that particular versions of a gene that affects the activity of important neurotransmitter receptors were more common in both children and adults assessed as being inhibited or introverted, and also were associated ...