Feeling stressed? You’re not alone. According to the American Psychological Association, people are living with stress at levels higher than what is considered healthy. Unsurprisingly, the APA found the top…
…High-intensity exercise places a “good stress” on the heart allowing robust function – but why is stress from exercise considered good, and stress from high blood pressure considered bad? We…
…for major psychiatric conditions like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); but researchers are still evaluating how the long-term ramifications of individual exposure to stress develop. Researchers at the Advanced…
…stress may alter gene expression through other epigenetic modifications, such as histone modifications, chromatin remodeling, or microRNAs.” For now, detecting heat stress early in cattle and implementing strategies to minimize…
…by Elisabeth Conradt, scientists looked at how a mother’s hormonal response to stress, exhibited by her neuroendocrine system, epigenetically affected her infant’s hormone release response to stress. This stress reaction…
…that the glucose levels of the mice rose, yet they gained weight more slowly. In their blood, stress hormones known as glucocorticoids rose. When the scientists mated the stressed male…
…sensitivity and stress resilience. This activation can be changed as a result of exposure to relevant stimuli in the mice brains that were modeling human depression, stress and addiction as…
…to stress, which could increase suicide risk in adults and even adolescents. In a new study, researchers from Uppsala University, Karolinska Institutet, and Umeå University investigated the link between epigenetics…
…Researchers report that mice that experienced stress early on passed down the negative consequences – depression, underestimation of risk, and upset of metabolism – to their offspring, even if their…
A new study offers an epigenetic explanation as to why some people are more reactive to stress or more vulnerable to disorders related to stress. A team of researchers at…
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