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Published online 5 August 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040802-18
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Social status influences brain structure
Assertive rats sprout extra nerve cells.
Assertiveness really is all in the mind. Dominant rats have more new nerve cells in a key brain region than their subordinates, a study reveals.
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