Sentences with phrase «stress affecting humans»

The science of stress affecting humans has long been documented, but have you ever considered how it affects your dog's or cat's health?

Senile hair graying: H2O2 - mediated oxidative stress affects human hair color by blunting methionine sulfoxide repair.

Not exact matches

By its stress on event and on patterning and integration, by its insistence that relationships constitute an entity, by its concern for an awareness of the depths of human experience (motivations, desires, drives, and «emotional intensity,» for example), as well as by its recognition that we are part of the world and continuous with what has gone before us and even now surrounds and affects us, process thought not only has been in agreement with the newer scientific emphasis on «wholeness,» but has also contributed a perspective which can give that emphasis a meaningful setting and a context in the structure of things in a dynamic universe.

Neuroscientists have over the past decade uncovered evidence, both in rodent and human studies, that parental caregiving, especially in moments of stress, affects children's development not only on the level of hormones and brain chemicals, but even more deeply, on the level of gene expression.

The scent of human men stresses out mice and rats, which changes their pain responses and could affect experimental results.

In a study published last fall, researchers showed that male prairie voles that had been separated from their female partners for four days — a much shorter amount of separation time than researchers had previously found to affect the voles» physiology — exhibited depressionlike behavior and had increased levels of corticosterone, the rodent equivalent of the human stress hormone cortisol.

Three decades of research have shown that loneliness can affect levels of stress hormones, immune function, and even gene expression, while human interaction increases levels of oxytocin, a bonding hormone that reduces blood pressure and cortisol levels.

«As subscribers to the «life course» theory, we know experiences in early life affect you later — even if they're latent for a while — and that these stresses can be compounded,» said Josephine Kwon, M.S., of the department of human development and family science at the University of Georgia in Athens.

«Stress, including the stress of racial discrimination, affects cortisol levels and sleep, which are important for cognition and learning,» said study senior author Emma Adam, a professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy and faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy ResStress, including the stress of racial discrimination, affects cortisol levels and sleep, which are important for cognition and learning,» said study senior author Emma Adam, a professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy and faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Resstress of racial discrimination, affects cortisol levels and sleep, which are important for cognition and learning,» said study senior author Emma Adam, a professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy and faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Research.

Telomere length predicts both cellular health and disease in rodent models and humans.8 Shorter telomeres predict onset of cardiometabolic diseases of aging.9 Chronic stress is associated with higher inflammation, shorter telomeres, and lower activity levels of telomerase, the cellular enzyme that elongates telomeric DNA.10, 11 Levels of amyloid beta (Aβ) proteins circulating in the blood appear to be stress - related in rodent models12 and may be affected by stress reduction, and greater Aβ42 / Aβ40 ratios are associated with lower risk of dementia.13

In his philosophical work, Maimonides stresses the power of habits and how they even affect our opinions: Within human nature is a love and inclination toward one's habits.

All of it positively affects our mood, stress levels, and perspective and allows us to feel connected to the earth and to the larger experience of being human on this planet.»

It means you are a normal human being like everyone else, but a person who is being affected by stress.

Another theory proposes that stress can affect the hypothalamus in a way that reduces sleep and the production of human growth hormone (HGH).

What we see in behaviors is a combination of: genetics, the influence of hormones during pregnancy (stress hormones can affect fetal development), early interactions between mother, puppies, and humans and then the work done by the new owner.

The Fear Free approach is dedicated to enhancing the human - animal bond by reducing stress and anxiety associated with veterinary visits, which may affect pets and their owners.

«American Humane is devoted to harnessing the healing powers of the human - animal bond to help veterans, and specially trained Post-Traumatic Stress service dogs can reduce stress and anxiety levels, mitigate depression, ease social reintegration, provide comfort, and restore confidence in affected veterans,» said Dr. Robin Ganzert, president and CEO of American HStress service dogs can reduce stress and anxiety levels, mitigate depression, ease social reintegration, provide comfort, and restore confidence in affected veterans,» said Dr. Robin Ganzert, president and CEO of American Hstress and anxiety levels, mitigate depression, ease social reintegration, provide comfort, and restore confidence in affected veterans,» said Dr. Robin Ganzert, president and CEO of American Humane.

Inappropriate Elimination One of the most unpleasant ways (for humans) stress affects cats is inappropriate elimination, or going to the bathroom outside the litter box.

And it only makes sense that, just like with humans, an unborn baby might be affected by a mother's stress: Stressful puppy mill conditions that hurt mom, which include being bred constantly without any rest time, can potentially also harm her puppies.

And it's quite clear that regions already heavily affected by other human activities (coastal pollution, overfishing, etc.) are — no surprise — likely to feel more stress from acidification.

Unlike ground - level O3 or eutrophication, nitrogen and phosphorus are generally not the major agents of risk, but lowering their release to the environment would lessen the multiple stresses that alter ecosystems and affect human well - being.

«I hope this report will stress the virtual certainty among the scientific community that humans are affecting the climate system in profound ways, mainly through burning ever - increasing amounts of fossil fuels,» said Jennifer Francis, an atmospheric scientist at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Assessment of human - environment systems together is so important, the document stresses, because the interdependence of Earth system processes affects ecosystems, human communities, and socio - economic sectors.

Thus, if climate causes a physiological stress and plays a determining role in sex allocation in humans, it may also affect the SSR if mothers are exposed to shifts in temperature during gestation [11].

When considering global warming's impacts on species, it is essential to look at how entire ecosystems are affected as species interact and climate change interacts with other human - induced stresses.

Both animal and human studies suggest that stress - related maternal cortisol increases the fetus's exposure of cortisol and subsequently affect the development of the fetus's immune domains [26,46].