Stress shrinks the brain

Stress shrinks the brain

A new study shows that middle-aged people with the highest cortisol levels had lower brain volume and cognitive function than those with lower cortisol levels, suggesting that stress may be a factor.

Sudha Seshadri, professor of neurology at the University of San Antonio, said: “We have already shown that changes of this size predict the level of dementia or even brain damage two to three decades later.”

After analyzing the data and evaluating health information, the researchers found a link between high cortisol levels and smaller brain volumes and lower scores on memory and cognitive tests—even though none of the study participants had any symptoms of dementia. .

Seshadri believes that this connection suggests that stress is likely behind these worrisome brain changes. And the cortisol levels that were high in the eyes of the researchers in this study are the same levels that adults can be expected to experience in everyday life./Time

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