By Katia Hetter, CNN There is no doubt that stress is a part of everyday life, but too much can have detrimental impacts on people’s physical and mental health. I wanted to delve more into depth about the health impacts of stress during National Stress Awareness Month. What does stress do to the body? When...
by American Physiological Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople who experience heat stress during exercise may need more recovery time to let their muscles heal, according to a new mouse study published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. The study is titled “Exertional heat stroke causes long-term skeletal muscle epigenetic...
In the latest of a series of innovative designs for wearable sensors that use sweat to identify and measure physiological conditions, Caltech’s Wei Gao, assistant professor of medical engineering, has devised an “electronic skin” that continuously monitors nine different markers that characterize a stress response.Those wearing this electronic skin—a small, thin adhesive worn on the...
Study suggests stress management could reduce biological riskPeer-Reviewed Publication OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS, Ohio – Lifestyle and genetics, and a range of other factors within and outside our control, are known to contribute to development of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that add up to increased risk for serious health problems. A new study...
Suppressing these neurons may be a promising target for therapies to treat stress-related sleep disorders, like insomnia and PTSD Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PHILADELPHIA— New research reveals that neurons in the preoptic hypothalamus—the region of the brain that regulates sleep and body temperature—are rhythmically activated during non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM)....
by Chris Barncard, University of Wisconsin-Madison Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Metabolism (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2023.10.014 Removing a gene that manages stress within insulin-producing beta cells draws helpful attention from the immune system, protecting mice predisposed to type 1 diabetes from developing the disease, a new University of Wisconsin–Madison study shows. The study also found that changes discovered...
by Korea University College of Medicine LHb D-neurons project to RMTg GABAergic neurons and are activated by acute stress. Acute stress evokes trace amine release from LHb D-neurons to RMTg GABAergic neurons, leading to neuronal inactivation via TAAR1-mediated trace aminergic signaling. As the effect of trace amines overrides the excitatory glutamatergic transmission, LHb D-neurons act...
Scientists have developed a potential anti-depressant that exhibits anti-stressing as well as anti-depressant effects with minimal side effects Peer-Reviewed Publication TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE IMAGE: RESEARCHERS FROM JAPAN DEMONSTRATE THAT A DOP AGONIST, KNT-127, ALTERS THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS, HIPPOCAMPAL NEUROGENESIS, AND NEUROINFLAMMATION, TO EXHIBIT THERAPEUTIC AND PROPHYLACTIC EFFECTS CREDIT: “202102 FRONTAL PLANE OF THE BRAIN HIPPOCAMPUS”...
by Jason Howland, Mayo Clinic Credit: Mayo Clinic With a new year right around the corner, it might be time to reset when it comes to your mental health. Stress is a normal physical and psychological response to the everyday demands of life. Small amounts of stress can motivate you to face daily challenges. But when stress becomes...
The findings could reveal an important target for new drugs to tackle numerous infectious diseases in humans. The nutrient, called ergothioneine, or EGT, was found to protect bacteria from oxidative stress—an imbalance in the body between reactive oxygen species, known as free radicals, and antioxidants—which is a hallmark of many disease-causing infections. Oxidative stress occurs when...
