New And Unexpected Mechanism Identified How The Brain Responds To Stress

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 21:35 in Biology & Nature

Using a rat model, scientists have discovered that neurons in the hypothalamus, the brain's command center for stress responses, interpret "off" chemical signals as "on" chemical signals when stress is perceived.

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