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#eNeuro | Acute Stress Modulates Social Approach and Social Maintenance in Adult Zebrafish
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Identification of a stress-sensitive anorexigenic neurocircuit from medial prefrontal cortex to lateral hypothalamus in humans and mice biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_neursci
Peak cortisol is reached 15 minutes after acute stress in #zebrafish and the subsequent genomic effects occur even later, however, the HPI axis also modulates rapid nongenomic GC signaling.
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Is there any published work that claims to have measured/observed 'anhedonic' behavior in Zebrafish, specifically using that term? #Zebrafish #AskZebrafish
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Our review on early life stress in Zebrafish is out now. A very first review on this topic. frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
An interesting read relevant to the nazanin zaghari-ratcliffe situation.
To Pay Ransom or Not to Pay Ransom? newamerica.org/international… via @newamerica
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High time preference architecture vs. low time preference architecture.
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'You've struggled because of social inequality, not racial injustice.'
James O'Brien's explanation of 'white privilege' to two LBC listeners who take offence at the concept.
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This is really important. The gig economy is a sham, sold as freedom at the cost of rights.
Uber drivers are workers, UK supreme court rules theguardian.com/technology/2…
‘It isn't safe to walk’: how would young people plan UK streets?
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Anti-immigration rhetoric often includes 'look after our own'. Yet the anti-immigration party voted against feeding their own hungry children. These people care about nobody. #FreeSchoolMeals
People who express their patriotism through reminding everyone that Britain was on the winning side of 2 world wars, are the loudest of those who can't fathom the idea of a stricter lockdown. #cowards #circuitbreaker
It's always been possible, remove the blinkers and see what cities without cars could be like.
'Liveable streets': how cities are prioritising people over parking theguardian.com/world/2020/o…