Endocrine cells in the brain influence the optimization of behavior

(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) A person exposed to stress can usually rapidly adapt the own behavior to the specific situation. Biochemical messenger substances in the brain play a central role in this rapid transformation process. We know that hormones also have a stress-regulating function, but that their effects are more slowly apparent. However, recent findings reported by the team under Professor Soojin Ryu, leading researcher at the German Resilience Center, indicate that this may...