Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/23/056207
Posted by: ScuttleMonkey, on 2006-08-23 06:26:00
An anonymous reader writes "Scientists have bred a [1]strain of mouse
that's permanently cheerful, in hopes of better understanding and
treating depression in people. By breeding mice lacking the TREK-1
gene, which is involved in serotonin transmission, researchers were
able create a depression-resistant strain. They say it's the first
time depression has been eliminated through genetic alteration of an
organism."
References
1.
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/ever-happy-mice-may-hold-key-to-new-treatment-of-depression-11343.html
