October 19, 2017 — NEW YORK — Have you ever seen a sad-looking fish? According to researchers, fish depression is a very really thing and the condition is being used to find a treatment for humans suffering from the disorder.
“The neurochemistry is so similar that it’s scary,” Troy University’s Julian Pittman told the New York Times. The Biological and Environmental Science professor is working with other scientists to test new depression treatments; with tiny zebrafish leading the way. Dr. Pittman added that fish are the perfect choice to experiment with because their symptoms of depression are much more obvious than humans.