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American Psychological Association
Chronic exposure to stress hormone causes anxiety and depression in mice
May 8th, 2006
After years of circumstantial evidence linking stress and depression, neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School and its affiliate Mclean Hospital have shown that long-term exposure to stress hormone in mice directly results in the anxiety that often comes with depression. The research appears in a recent issue of Behavioral Neuroscience, which is published by the American Psychological Association. The findings are important for understanding the causes and improving the treatment of depression. Scientists already knew that many people with depression have high levels of cortisol, a human stress hormone, but it wasn't clear whether that was a cause or effect. Now...
Source: Biotech Week (2006-05-08)
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