When Chronic Stress Activates These Neurons, Behavioral Problems Like Loss of Pleasure and Depression Result
FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencePsychology·March 15, 2021·5 min readEpigenetic Mechanism Contributing to Lifelong Stress Susceptibility DiscoveredEarly life stress induces epigenetic modifications in D2-type medium spiny neurons in the nucleus accumbens, increasing the susceptibility to stress in adulthood.Read More