熱に対する遺伝的感受性は,気候変動の影響から特に危険にさらされているまれな神経疾患を特定します

Ravishankara Bellampalli1,2, James D Mills1,2, Angeliki Vakrinou1,2

  • 1Research Department of Epilepsy, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK.

まとめ

遺伝的変異は,より暖かい気温でのみ現れる隠された健康問題を引き起こし,特に神経疾患に影響を与える可能性があります. これらの"カロタイプ型変種"に関するさらなる研究は,気候変動を理解するために極めて重要です.

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