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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: 2) by black6host on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:39PM

    by black6host (3827) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:39PM (#452278) Journal

    Ok, my short term memory is shot. Is it due to the effects of ECT or the tremendous amount of high level stress I've been subjected to over the past 2+ years?

    I can say this: My short term memory was shot prior to the long term stress. I can also say this, it's gotten worse. So, perhaps, a number of things play into this, in humans. I'm not a mouse.

    My statements provide no proof of anything. But, it could make one wonder if perhaps we can't draw such close relationships between mice and men.

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  • (Score: 1) by NewNic on Tuesday January 10 2017, @11:33PM

    by NewNic (6420) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @11:33PM (#452296) Journal

    Or perhaps you are just getting older?

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday January 11 2017, @01:40AM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday January 11 2017, @01:40AM (#452325)

    ECT definitely plays hell with memory.

    Mice lack lots of higher brain function areas found in homo sapiens and apes/chimpanzees - but, basic memory is supposed to be similar. Last time I tried to ask a mouse about it I had a hard time confirming or denying anything.

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday January 11 2017, @01:51AM

    by Gaaark (41) on Wednesday January 11 2017, @01:51AM (#452329) Journal

    About 12 years ago, my son who is autistic went through a bout of little sleep for around 3 months.
    He would go to bed and get about 3-4 hours sleep every night. My wife and I got to the point where we didn't have a life and were stressed and sleep deprived 'to the max' (because he was a possible runner: he had no concept of personal safety, and could have left the house in the night and wandered). We'd take turns watching him while the other tried to sleep. He is also very loud and noisy, so sleeping is difficult while he is awake.

    I used to be great at trivia games. Since that bout, my short and long term memory is poor ( but did recover a bit after a while of him settling down).

    So that stress: yes, it fecked with MY memory.

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