Stress Physiology in the Spotlight

Stress is an unfortunate constant in a lot of people's lives, but have you ever thought of it as something positive? PhD student Michael Lim joins us all the way from Canada to tell us what happens in your body when you get stressed, how zebrafish are a surprisingly way to study it, and why you should reframe the way you think about stress as a whole.

If you want to learn more about the topics discussed in this episode, check out: 

A BBC article on transgenerational traumaAn article on The Conversation about fish behaviour and inheritanceA wonderful TED Talk on epigenetics

Feel free to connect with Michael on Twitter @hiimlimmy

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