HEALTH bulletin
Memory suffers due to stress
University of Edinburgh scientists have found that there is a link between stress and memory loss as the stress hormone impairs memory to a great extent. Earlier studies have shown that older people with poor memory showed shrinkage of the hippocampus, region in the brain which is involved with memory; such people also had higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol. ................
Source: Medindia
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