News tagged with stress hormones

Lizard moms may prepare their babies for a stressful world

Stressed out lizard moms tend to give their developing embryos short shrift, but the hardship may ultimately be a good thing for the babies once they're born, according to a study published in the journal ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Benefits of taking Fido to work may not be far 'fetched'

Man's best friend may make a positive difference in the workplace by reducing stress and making the job more satisfying for other employees, according to a Virginia Commonwealth University study.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

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 ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early ripening of grapes pinned to warming, soil moisture

Researchers in Australia say they have pinpointed key factors in the early ripening of grapes, providing potential answers for wine growers threatened by global warming.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 26, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

You need to be a healthy to be a heart-throb: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Men with strong immune systems are most attractive to members of the opposite sex according to a new study from the University of Abertay Dundee and partners.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study provides new details of fundamental cellular process

A recent Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) study published in the journal Science investigating the molecular structure and function of an essential plant hormone could profoundly change our understanding of a key cell p ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A major step forward towards drought tolerance in crops

When a plant encounters drought, it does its best to cope with this stress by activating a set of protein molecules called receptors. These receptors, once activated, turn on processes that help the plant ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The mark of the beast: tradition or stress?

For animal welfare reasons, many veterinarians are currently promoting the method of implanting a microchip over the traditional practice of branding. However, officials of major sport horse breed registries deny that branding ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new role for cytokinin plant hormones

When plants, including crops, are exposed to environmental stresses such as drought or high salinity, abscisic acid (ABA), a stress-responsive hormone is synthesized to induce a protective response. At the same time, the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stress in early life reduces life expectancy - and that of partners

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from the University of Glasgow, published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, suggests that our expectancy is likely to be strongly affected by how much stress ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A tool to measure stress hormone in birds -- feathers

When faced with environmental threats like bad weather, predators or oil spills, wild birds secrete a hormone called corticosterone. Traditionally, researchers have analyzed blood samples to detect corticosterone levels in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Humans not the only ones that pass down abusive behavior

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study published in The Auk, researchers claim they have found evidence that humans are not the only species where child abuse is a socially transmitted behavior.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Voting in elections is stressful -- emotionally and physiologically

A new study, conducted has found that the level of cortisol -- the "stress hormone" -- in individuals immediately prior to casting a vote was significantly higher than in the same individuals in similar non-voting conditions. ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stress may lead to better bird parenting

Birds with high levels of stress hormones have the highest mating success and offer better parental care to their brood, according to new biology research at Queen's University.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biological links found between childhood abuse and adolescent depression

Queen's University professor Kate Harkness has found that a history of physical, sexual or emotional abuse in childhood substantially increases the risk of depression in adolescence by altering a person's neuroendocrine response ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stress hormone

Stress hormones such as cortisol, GH and norepinephrine are released at periods of high stress. The hormone regulating system is known as the endocrine system. Cortisol is believed to affect the metabolic system and norepinephrine is believed to play a role in ADHD as well as depression and hypertension.

Stress hormones rise in the body during any neuroendocrine reaction such as surgery and they remain high to as long as 72 hours after which all these hormones return back to their normal level, the last being cortisol.

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