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Snails get stressed: Invertebrate model sheds light on biological basis of anxiety
Anxiety, the psychological and physiological state characterized by an anticipation of potential threats and a heightened sense of vigilance, is regularly experienced by many humans worldwide. Research suggests that anxiety is a behavioral consequence of stress, designed to "prepare" humans for uncertainty and risky situations.
An international team of scientists led by the Italian University of Modena and Rego-Emilia found a similar human response to fear in the large pond snails of Lymnaea stagnalis. Molluskis were calmed under anti-disturbance medications. This means that in the future they could be considered as a model for testing new stress drugs, written Phys.org. To test the response of the snails to the threat, scientists added water to the clam tank, in which…
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