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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.

-- submitted from IRC


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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:07PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:07PM (#452251)

    I want to forget the past 16 years of American history but the trouble is the Department of Homeland Security still exists. When might I expect POETUS Trump to eliminate everything Bushbama did. Also fuck all of you to flaming hell for voting for 16 years of Bushbama. You'll all shit.

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

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:10PM (#452253)

    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

      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?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:18PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:18PM (#452264)

      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

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:30PM (#452274)

        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.

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:16PM (#452261)

    You shouldn't have a hard time forgetting, given that by the time you hit Reply you forgot what the article was about.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:20PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:20PM (#452266)

      The chronic stress associated with being labelled a terrorist has not yet eroded the memory of my undying hatred. FUCK AMERICA!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:44PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:44PM (#452280)

        OK lining up the giant dildo to penistrate the statute of liberty.

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:18PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:18PM (#452265) Journal

    I want to forget the past 16 years of American history but the trouble is the Department of Homeland Security still exists.

    When the nasty intruder mouse has a hole in its otherwise quite busy agenda, I promise I'll send it to stress you. Meanwhile, try to find a pointy haired boss as a substitute

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