NEUR 3403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Allostasis, Precision Medicine
20 Dec 2017
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Sometimes finding the relationship between illnesses is hard. Early life abuse or neglect -> more vulnerable. What does this person have vs the other or relative to the norm. ******** how would you used personalized medicine/ preision medicine. What is precision medicine , use an example for understanding. By example in the context of stress related illness. Beyond the gene differences , culture in general determines whether a pathology will emerge or not. Knowing about previous illnesses will help us understand our health tract what where we are most likely to end up -> important for precision medicine. Taking anti-inflammatories can reduce the risk of getting multiple diseases. Go to the doc with symptoms , get test. What are the factors that govern the tumor to occur, and whether this particular treatment will help them based on the person and their previous health factors. Bdnf disturbance and depression (use example -> treatment then probs therapy)
