Friday, 14 June 2013

Regardless if the stress was experienced in adolescence or adulthood, males that experienced stressful situations...


Regardless if the stress was experienced in adolescence or adulthood, males that experienced stressful situations before mating had offspring with an altered hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in the brain; the area associated with stress response. As a result, the offspring had a diminished response to stress, which is common in certain mental disorders.

More info here: http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2013/06/bale/
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  1. Rock your life.today14 June 2013 at 06:29

    Good post for father's day ;-) dear dad's or want to be dad's. ... Take it easy ;-)

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  2. Mike Gleason14 June 2013 at 08:46

    Hmm... Stress events are pretty common; it seems like we should all be walking around with mental disorders.

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  3. Corina Marinescu14 June 2013 at 09:36

    I think this is about major stress and trauma, not about worrying if you're gonna fail your 9th grade paper, or if ur girlfriend cheats on u...or many other "daily stress events".

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  4. Mike Gleason14 June 2013 at 10:22

    Perhaps, but the details are scant on the type of stress from a qualitative or quantitative standpoint.

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