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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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(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:26PM
Posted in Mind & Brain on May 20, 2016
I was going to submit this story last May when it came out ... but I forgot.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:35PM
Too much stress worrying about the election, had to make sure Hillary won.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @10:40PM
Arthur T Knackerbracket is a dumbbot.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Wednesday January 11 2017, @10:49AM
I know man, the stress of first post, its just too much sometimes.