News tagged with cortisol production
Witnessing violence affects kids' health
School-aged children who witness violence in urban communities show symptoms of post-traumatic stress. They also suffer physiological effects with a disruption to their normal cortisol production pattern during the day, which ...
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Email 'vacations' decrease stress, increase concentration, researchers say
Being cut off from work email significantly reduces stress and allows employees to focus far better, according to a new study by UC Irvine and U.S. Army researchers.
May 03, 2012 |
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Wild orangutans stressed by eco-tourists, but not for long, study out of Borneo finds
Wild orangutans that have come into contact with eco-tourists over a period of years show an immediate stress response but no signs of chronic stress, unlike other species in which permanent alterations in ...
Mar 15, 2012 |
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A unique on-off switch for hormone production
Weizmann scientists have revealed a new kind of on-off switch in the brain for regulating the production of a main biochemical signal from the brain that stimulates cortisol release in the body.
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Herbicide atrazine spurs reproductive problems in many creatures: study
An international team of researchers has reviewed the evidence linking exposure to atrazine – an herbicide widely used in the U.S. and more than 60 other nations – to reproductive problems in animals. ...
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Older bereaved 'die of broken immune system not broken heart'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Immunity experts at the University of Birmingham have found biological evidence to suggest that bereavement lowers physical immunity, putting older people at risk of life-threatening infections.
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Apr 01, 2011 |
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Simple spit and blood tests might detect burnout before it happens
(PhysOrg.com) -- Your blood and the level of a hormone in your spit could reveal if you're on the point of burnout, according to research undertaken by Dr. Sonia Lupien and Robert-Paul Juster of the Centre ...
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Feb 22, 2011 |
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Physiological impacts of homophobia
Young adults who are lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) are at far higher risk for severe mental health problems than their heterosexual peers. New research from Concordia University suggests that the stress of being rejected ...
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Feb 02, 2011 |
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Researchers track the impacts of depression during pregnancy
The cocktail of hormones cascading through depressed mothers' bodies may play an important role in the development of their unborn children's brains.
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Dec 09, 2010 |
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Jet-lagged and forgetful? It's no coincidence
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chronic jet lag alters the brain in ways that cause memory and learning problems long after one's return to a regular 24-hour schedule, according to research by University of California, Berkeley, ...
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Nov 24, 2010 |
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Light at night causes changes in brain linked to depression
Exposure to even dim light at night is enough to cause physical changes in the brains of hamsters that may be associated with depression, a new study shows.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 17, 2010 |
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