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Sustained stress erodes memory, and the immune system plays a key role in the cognitive impairment, according to a new study from researchers at The Ohio State University.
[...] "This is chronic stress. It's not just the stress of giving a talk or meeting someone new," said lead researcher Jonathan Godbout, associate professor of neuroscience at Ohio State.
This is the first study of its kind to establish the relationship between short-term memory and prolonged stress. In the case of the mice, that meant repeat visits from a larger, nasty intruder mouse.
Mice that were repeatedly exposed to the aggressive intruder had a hard time recalling where the escape hole was in a maze they'd mastered prior to the stressful period.
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You are a fluke of the universe; you have no right to be here.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:10PM
In an alternate universe Al Gore has evolved to the level beyond human.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:12PM
So ... at the level beyond human, do we evolve past the need for shitting?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:18PM
Since you've gone to this alternate universe, how did the Gore admin react to 9-11? My guess is nearly the same troop commitment but a completely different tone and mission -- using the military as a police force to catch nasty bad guys. No declaring of "war on terror" -- war is between countries.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:30PM
In the alternate universe, 9/11 never happened because George W Bush and Osama bin Laden are the same man. Without presidential power to pull off a false flag operation or start a war against his alter ego, his secret identity was discovered and he became a laughingstock. "Guess Who Batman" was still released with the same lyrics, but it was even funnier when everyone knew the truth.