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posted by on Tuesday January 10 2017, @09:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the they-need-mouse-sudoku dept.

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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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:12PM (#452258)

    So ... at the level beyond human, do we evolve past the need for shitting?