Why stress is bad for your brain

Science. 1996 Aug 9;273(5276):749-50. doi: 10.1126/science.273.5276.749.

Author

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

PMID: 8701325
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5276.749

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Atrophy
Brain / pathology
Causality
Cushing Syndrome / metabolism
Cushing Syndrome / pathology
Depressive Disorder / metabolism
Depressive Disorder / pathology
Female
Glucocorticoids / metabolism
Glucocorticoids / physiology*
Hippocampus / pathology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / metabolism
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / pathology
Stress, Physiological / metabolism
Stress, Physiological / pathology*

Substances

Glucocorticoids