CALL FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY TO BE RECLASSIFIED AS CHRONIC DISEASE NEUROSCIENCE NEWSAUGUST 26, 2010 Researchers at the UTMB, Galveston are calling for traumatic brain injury to be defined and managed as a chronic disease. … READ MORE… STUDY UNCOVERS MARKER FOR A CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE NEUROSCIENCE NEWSAUGUST 23, 2016 Researchers have pinpointed a specific marker thatContinue reading “Trigger for autoimmune disease identified and link for chronic illness”
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New evidence that chronic stress predisposes brain to mental illness
By Robert Sanders University of California, Berkeley, researchers have shown that chronic stress generates long-term changes in the brain that may explain why people suffering chronic stress are prone to mental problems such as anxiety and mood disorders later in life. Myelin is stained blue in this cross section of a rat hippocampus. Myelin, whichContinue reading “New evidence that chronic stress predisposes brain to mental illness”
Low glucose and low stress to go to sleep
There are many factors that will help you go to sleep. There are two most important factors. One is that if you eat (few bites) sugary snacks (couple it with fish oil or omega 3), it should be 6 to 8 hrs before your sleep time. And the other one is that your stress levelContinue reading “Low glucose and low stress to go to sleep”
Do you lose nerve cells when stressed?
Chronic stress has the ability to flip a switch in stem cells that turns them into a type of cell that inhibits connections to the prefrontal cortex, which would improve learning and memory, but lays down durable scaffolding linked to anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Kaufer concludes that moderate or ‘good stress’—such as studyingContinue reading “Do you lose nerve cells when stressed?”