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A specific area of olfactory cortex involved in stress hormone responses to predator odours

Instinctive reactions to danger are critical to the perpetuation of species and are observed throughout the animal kingdom. The scent of predators induces an instinctive fear response in mice that includes behavioural changes, as well as a surge in blood stress hormones that mobilizes multiple body systems to escape impending danger. How the olfactory system routes predator signals detected in the nose to achieve...

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Sneak peek: Drawings show plans for new U.S.-China tech graduate campus in Seattle area
Design proposals for UW's new Global Innovation Exchange, or GIX. The Global Innovation Exchange has submitted designs for its new facility in Bellevue, Wash., where students from around the world will learn about technology and entrepreneurship in a groundbreaking partnership between Seattle’s University of Washington and China’s Tsinghua University. The collaboration, which represents the first time...
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