Does aggression inoculate against PTSD symptom severity-insights from armed groups in the eastern DR Congo?
The results of this study provide further support for earlier findings that repeated exposure to traumatic stressors cumulatively heightens the risk of PTSD and revealed that appetitive aggression buffers the risk of developing PTSD symptoms under certain circumstances. Thus, the perception of aggressive behavior as fascinating and arousing seem to help combatants to adapt to violent environments but may also be one reason for recurrent failure of reintegration programs for excombatants.
p53R2 could regulate matrix synthesis via Akt phosphorylation during chondrocyte mechanotransduction. Down-regulation of p53R2 may be a new therapeutic approach in OA therapy.