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Longer days bring ‘winter blues’ — for rats, not humans

April 25, 2013 by

Biologists have found that rats experience more anxiety and depression when the days grow longer. More importantly, they discovered that the rat's brain cells adopt a new chemical code when subjected to large changes in the day and night cycle.

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