Share of Cost: City And Country People’s Brain Structures Respond Differently To Social Stress
Sunday, Sep. 11th 2011 6:40 AM
We all knew that city dwellers are more susceptible to mental disorders than their rural counterparts – a new study has shown that specific brain structures respond differently to social stress, depending on whether you are an urban or countryside dweller, researchers from the University of Heidelberg’s Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany, reported in the journal Nature.
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