Reposted by Sydney Bonauto
Amidst all the turbulence around us, I'd like to share a piece of good news. My lab published our first paper this week - kudos to PhD students @sbonauto.bsky.social & @obrunke.bsky.social, co-first authors on this paper & future defenders of our field. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Predator odor stress produces sex- and subpopulation-specific increases in alcohol drinking, anxiety-like behavior, and lateral hypothalamic Crh expression
Traumatic stress leads to maladaptive avoidance behaviors and alcohol misuse in some people. In rats, predator odor (“traumatic”) stress produces pers…