• Bigger is not better: cortisol-induced cardiac growth and dysfunction in salmonids 

      Johansen, Ida Beitnes; Sandblom, Erik; Skov, Peter V.; Gräns, Albin; Ekström, Andreas; Lunde, Ida Gjervold; Vindas, Marco Antonio; Zhang, Lili; Höglund, Erik; Frisk, Michael; Sjaastad, Ivar; Nilsson, Göran Erik; Øverli, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Stress and elevated cortisol levels are associated with pathological heart growth and cardiovascular disease in humans and other mammals. We recently established a link between heritable variation in post-stress cortisol ...