Monthly Archives: July 2013

Offspring of mothers stressed during pregnancy with a passive stress coping style more prone to obesity

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Offspring of mothers stressed during pregnancy with a passive stress coping style more prone to obesity
New animal research suggests greater risk for obesity and associated Type 2 diabetes in individuals that respond to stress in a passive manner and were born to mothers that were stressed during their pregnancy.

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Offspring of mothers stressed during pregnancy with a passive stress coping style more prone to obesity

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Offspring of mothers stressed during pregnancy with a passive stress coping style more prone to obesity
New animal research suggests greater risk for obesity and associated Type 2 diabetes in individuals that respond to stress in a passive manner and were born to mothers that were stressed during their pregnancy.

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Stress early in life leads to adulthood anxiety and preference for ‘comfort foods’

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Stress early in life leads to adulthood anxiety and preference for ‘comfort foods’
New research finds that adult rats reared in a stressful neonatal environment demonstrate more anxiety and stress, and they prefer to eat more foods rich in fat and sugar.

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How to learn successfully even under stress

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How to learn successfully even under stress
Whenever we have to acquire new knowledge under stress, the brain deploys unconscious rather than conscious learning processes. Neuroscientists have discovered that this switch from conscious to unconscious learning systems is triggered by the intact function of mineralocorticoid receptors. These receptors are activated by hormones released in response to stress by the adrenal cortex.

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How to learn successfully even under stress

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How to learn successfully even under stress
Whenever we have to acquire new knowledge under stress, the brain deploys unconscious rather than conscious learning processes. Neuroscientists have discovered that this switch from conscious to unconscious learning systems is triggered by the intact function of mineralocorticoid receptors. These receptors are activated by hormones released in response to stress by the adrenal cortex.

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PTSD after traumatic events: Which teens are at risk?

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PTSD after traumatic events: Which teens are at risk?
Researchers have identified risk factors for children exposed to trauma in developing PTSD from analyzing 6,483 teen–parent pairs from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, a survey of the prevalence and correlates of mental disorders in the United States. 61 percent of the teens (ages 13 to 17) had been exposed to at least one potentially traumatic event in their lifetime. Nineteen percent had experienced three or more such events.

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PTSD after traumatic events: Which teens are at risk?

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PTSD after traumatic events: Which teens are at risk?
Researchers have identified risk factors for children exposed to trauma in developing PTSD from analyzing 6,483 teen–parent pairs from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, a survey of the prevalence and correlates of mental disorders in the United States. 61 percent of the teens (ages 13 to 17) had been exposed to at least one potentially traumatic event in their lifetime. Nineteen percent had experienced three or more such events.

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Optimists better at regulating stress

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Optimists better at regulating stress
It’s no surprise that those who tend to see a rose’s blooms before its thorns are also better at handling stress. But science has failed to reliably associate optimism with individuals’ biological stress response — until now.

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‘Love hormone’ is two-faced: Oxytocin strengthens bad memories and can increase fear and anxiety

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‘Love hormone’ is two-faced: Oxytocin strengthens bad memories and can increase fear and anxiety
Oxytocin is known as the hormone that promotes feelings of love, bonding and well-being. It’s even being tested as an anti-anxiety drug. But new research shows oxytocin also can cause emotional pain. Oxytocin appears to be the reason stressful social situations, perhaps being bullied at school or tormented by a boss, reverberate long past the event and can trigger fear and anxiety in the future. That’s because the hormone actually strengthens social memory in the brain.

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‘Love hormone’ is two-faced: Oxytocin strengthens bad memories and can increase fear and anxiety

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‘Love hormone’ is two-faced: Oxytocin strengthens bad memories and can increase fear and anxiety
Oxytocin is known as the hormone that promotes feelings of love, bonding and well-being. It’s even being tested as an anti-anxiety drug. But new research shows oxytocin also can cause emotional pain. Oxytocin appears to be the reason stressful social situations, perhaps being bullied at school or tormented by a boss, reverberate long past the event and can trigger fear and anxiety in the future. That’s because the hormone actually strengthens social memory in the brain.

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Exposure to stress even before conception causes genetic changes to offspring

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Exposure to stress even before conception causes genetic changes to offspring
A female’s exposure to distress even before she conceives causes changes in the expression of a gene linked to the stress mechanism in the body — in the ovum and later in the brains of the offspring from when they are born, according to a new study on rats.

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Exposure to stress even before conception causes genetic changes to offspring

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Exposure to stress even before conception causes genetic changes to offspring
A female’s exposure to distress even before she conceives causes changes in the expression of a gene linked to the stress mechanism in the body — in the ovum and later in the brains of the offspring from when they are born, according to a new study on rats.

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