Sentences with phrase «response to chronic stress»

Others relate to a decrease in activity or shutting down — in response to chronic stress.

It also produces cortisol as part of an animal's long - term response to chronic stress.

The researchers made use of 2 genetically unique mouse strains that show distinctive behavioral responses to chronic stress to try to find genetic mechanisms linked to vulnerability to stressful events.

Over time, the endocrine system response to chronic stress results in a high level of hormones circulating in the bloodstream.

This is the first sign of adrenal exhaustion, and the first abnormal response to chronic stress.

In an earlier study, the research team, led by U.T. Southwestern psychiatry professor Eric Nestler, found that levels of BDNF — which is implicated in learning because of its role in creating stronger connections between neurons — increase in the nucleus accumbens in response to chronic stress.

† Nicknamed the «stress hormone,» cortisol production increases in response to chronic stress.

Excessive cortisol production in response to chronic stress may produce a host of adverse health conditions.