• A novel role for pigment genes in the stress response in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) 

      Kahn, Uniza Wahid; Øverli, Øyvind; Hinkle, Patricia M.; Pasha, Farhan Ahmad; Johansen, Ida Beitnes; Berget, Ingunn; Silva, Patricia; Kittilsen, Silje; Höglund, Erik; Omholt, Stig William; Våge, Dag Inge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      In many vertebrate species visible melanin-based pigmentation patterns correlate with high stress- and disease-resistance, but proximate mechanisms for this trait association remain enigmatic. Here we show that a missense ...
    • 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 ...