• 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 ...
    • Contrasting Coping Styles Meet the Wall: A Dopamine Driven Dichotomy in Behavior and Cognition 

      Höglund, Erik; Silva, Patricia IM; Vindas, Marco Antonio; Øverli, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Individual variation in the ability to modify previously learned behavior is an important dimension of trait correlations referred to as coping styles, behavioral syndromes or personality. These trait clusters have been ...
    • Coping with a changing environment: The effects of early life stress 

      Vindas, Marco Antonio; Madaro, Angelico; Fraser, Thomas; Höglund, Erik; Olsen, Rolf Erik; Øverli, Øyvind; Kristiansen, Tore S (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Ongoing rapid domestication of Atlantic salmon implies that individuals are subjected to evolutionarily novel stressors encountered under conditions of artificial rearing, requiring new levels and directions of flexibility ...
    • Dietary l-tryptophan leaves a lasting impression on the brain and the stress response 

      Höglund, Erik; Øverli, Øyvind; Andersson, Madelene Åberg; Silva, Patricia; Laursen, Danielle Caroline; Moltesen, Maria M; Krogdahl, Åshild; Schjolden, Joachim; Winberg, Svante; Vindas, Marco Antonio; Mayer, Ian; Hillestad, Marie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Comparative models suggest that effects of dietary tryptophan (Trp) on brain serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) neurochemistry and stress responsiveness are present throughout the vertebrate lineage. Moreover, hypothalamic ...