Enriching stress research

Laurent Kappeler; Michael J Meaney

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2010.06.025

Enriching stress research

Cell. 2010 Jul 9;142(1):15-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.06.025.

Authors

Laurent Kappeler¹, Michael J Meaney

Affiliation

¹ Sackler Program for Epigenetics and Psychobiology, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal H4H 1R3, Canada.

PMID: 20603008
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.06.025

Abstract

Enriched environments are known to boost physical and mental health in rodents and humans. Now, Cao et al. (2010) report that environmental enrichment also suppresses tumor growth in mice by stimulating the hypothalamus to produce brain-derived neurotrophic factor that acts on the sympathetic nervous system to reduce leptin production in white fat tissue.

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