Amphibians, already threatened, face increased susceptibility to disease from environmental stress

Monday, March 9, 2015 - 16:20 in Health & Medicine

New research supports the hypothesis that environmental stressors increase salamanders’ susceptibility to infection, based on chronic exposure to corticosterone, a stress hormone.

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