tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007972849469702622.post3864409892812014497..comments2023-10-26T11:06:45.662-04:00Comments on The Cellular Scale: A little stress goes a long wayTheCellularScalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18379669883853001278noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007972849469702622.post-52255079892517370602012-07-02T13:33:02.860-04:002012-07-02T13:33:02.860-04:00My understanding of cortisol vs. corticosterone is...My understanding of cortisol vs. corticosterone is they're both part of the same family of chemicals (corticosteroids) and both naturally occur in most mammals, but for whatever reason rodents happen to use corticosterone to regulate their HPA axis whereas humans happen to use cortisol. I'm not an expert, but during my neuroscience master's degree one of our lecturers was really into the interaction between stress & depression and that's how he explained the difference to us.JBnoreply@blogger.com