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Antidepressant normalises the behaviour of zebrafish with a defective stress hormone receptor
August 8, 2013 by NewsBot
Chronic stress can lead to depression and anxiety in humans. Scientists working with Herwig Baier, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried, recently discovered a very similar link in fish. Normally, the stress hormone cortisol helps fish, as in humans, to regulate stress...