A second group of mice will not receive the bacterial pathogen, and will serve as the control to directly test the influence of the bacterial infection on the immune and mental state. The researchers will assess the behavior and physical health of the mice throughout the experiment. To test for behavior changes, they will use a staining technique to visualize activated neurons. Gaykema's research may shed some light on the different causes of anxiety. Psychiatric Medicine Prof. Donna Broshek, clinical neuropsychologist at the University Medical School .
Anxiety is an interplay between physiological arousal and cognitive thinking.
They start becoming anxious because they can't understand why they feel distressed. They think they have an anxiety problem when they could instead have an infection of the immune system. Neuropyschology looks at brain-behavior relationships. Excite Canada Inc. All rights reserved.