Science news articles about 'Stress hormones'

  • Stress Hormone Found To Regulate Brain Neurotransmission

    Researchers have just shown how one of the stress hormones regulates brain neurotransmission on the short and long term and enables neuronal connections to adapt.
  • Research supports correlation between finger lengths and stress hormones

    ... , voluntary exercise and high levels of prenatal stress hormones, which was indicated by the difference in activity level ... . Given the results, the findings suggest that prenatal stress rather than prenatal testosterone levels in the womb ...
  • Children distressed by family fighting have higher stress hormones

    ... when their parents fight also have higher levels of cortisol, a stress hormone. The study, by researchers at the University of Rochester ... sensitivity to conflict in the form of higher levels of the stress hormone, cortisol," according to Patrick T. Davies ...
  • Children Distressed By Family Fighting Have Higher Stress Hormones

    ... distressed when their parents fight have higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Distress, hostility, and level of involvement parental arguments were measured in 208 six ...
  • Natural Hormone Reduces Stress Hormones In Arguing Couples

    ... Oxytocin reduces the stress hormone Cortisol in arguing couples. In addition, Oxytocin strengthens positive ... studies in recent years have repeatedly shown that the hormone Oxytocin in the brain of mammals -- and therefore human ...
  • Oxytocin Reduces Stress Hormones In Arguing Couples

    ... Oxytocin reduces the stress hormone Cortisol in arguing couples. In addition, Oxytocin strengthens positive ... , together with colleagues from the University of Zurich, examined the hormone particularly in terms of the behavior in partnerships.  read ...
  • Autism linked with stress hormone levels

    ... for routine and resistance to change, could be linked to levels of the stress hormone cortisol, suggests new research ... . "Although these are early days, we think this difference in stress hormone levels could be really significant in explaining ...
  • Autism Linked With Stress Hormone Levels

    Some of the symptoms of the autistic condition Asperger Syndrome, such as a need for routine and resistance to change, could be linked to levels of the stress hormone cortisol, suggests new research.
  • Scripps research team finds stress hormone key to alcohol dependence

    ... of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has found that a specific stress hormone, the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF ... —but because it relieves the anxiety generated by abstinence and the stressful effects of withdrawal." CRF is a natural substance ...
  • Stress hormone, depression trigger obesity in girls

    Depression raises stress hormone levels in adolescent boys and girls but may lead to obesity only in girls ... ." Cortisol, a hormone, regulates various metabolic functions in the body and is released as a reaction to stress. Researchers ...
  • Stress hormones accelerate tumor growth

    ... cell lines and tumor specimens that indicate that stress hormones, especially norepinephrine and epinephrine, can contribute ... with ovarian cancer. They therefore suggest that targeting stress hormones and the signaling pathways that they activate might ...
  • Abusive mothering aggravates the impact of stress hormones

    ... also evaluated the impact of raising the pups' levels of the stress hormone corticosterone, or being reared with an abusive mother ... the infant, i.e., an increase in levels of the stress hormone corticosterone. Thus, the authors of this study ...
  • Stress hormones help lizards escape from fire ants

    ... . Now, Langkilde's more recent study -- measuring stress-hormone levels in lizards -- adds an important ... -behavior research. In "twitch and flee" lizards, stress hormones appear to mobilize the animal's energy ...
  • Chronic drinking increases levels of stress hormones, leading to neurotoxicity

    Alcohol consumption, withdrawal, and abstinence can all raise stress hormones in humans and animals. A review has described how stress hormones called glucocorticoids are associated with neurotoxicity during abstinence after withdrawal from alcohol dependence ...
  • High stress hormone levels linked to increased cardiovascular mortality

    Chevy Chase, MD -- High levels of the stress hormone cortisol strongly predict cardiovascular death among both persons with and without pre-existing cardiovascular disease according to a new study...

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