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A unique ON-OFF switch in the brain controls a main stress hormone

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Production Overshoot

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Bits of gene code that are normally discarded have found a surprising new use in research

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A Unique ON-OFF Switch for the Stress Response

23.02.2012

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology

Both parts of the mechanism – ON and OFF receptors – are encoded in the same gene.

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