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Stress degrades perineuronal nets in the bed nucleus of stria terminalis, which exacerbates anxiety behavior in adult male mice. Restoring these structures helps normalize stress responses.
- Field
- the brain and neuroscience
- What they did
- Researchers studied perineuronal networks in a specific brain region of mice to understand how stress triggers anxiety, finding that stress reduces the number of these structures.
- Why it matters
- This knowledge could help develop future treatments for anxiety disorders, which are currently difficult to treat effectively.
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