Stressed-out mice reveal role of epigenetics in behavior
Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 22:35
in Psychology & Sociology
Research conducted by a team in Switzerland suggests that a family of genes involved in regulating the expression of other genes in the brain is responsible for helping us deal with external inputs such as stress. Their results, appearing in the December 11 advance online version of the journal Neuron, may also give a clue to why some people are more susceptible to anxiety or depression than others.