How Stress Rewires Your Brain and What You Can Do About It
We lead stressful lives. These brain-boosting tips can help alleviate anxiety and release proteins in the brain that stimulate neuronal growth – literal “creative juices,” you might say.
Mindful Meditation: Miracle Cure or Media Hype? – https://youtu.be/3Bz6kr-UFkY
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Is an immunization for stress on the horizon?
https://www.colorado.edu/today/2018/06/06/immunization-stress-horizon
“It’s too early to say with scientific certainty, but a new study by CU Boulder researchers suggests that one particular beneficial bacteria can have long-lasting anti-inflammatory effects on the brain, making it more resilient to the physical and behavioral effects of stress.”
Mindfulness meditation and relaxation response have different effects on brain function
https://www.massgeneral.org/about/pressrelease.aspx?id=2260
“The results showed that the strength of neural interaction between brain regions associated with present-moment awareness and bodily attention increased during both types of body-scan meditation.”
Scientists show how brain circuit generates anxiety
“Neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have identified a neural circuit in the amygdala, the brain’s seat of emotion processing, that gives rise to anxiety.”
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