Summary: Researchers have been awarded a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health. The research targets the precise epigenetic networks within…
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Harsh Parenting Biologically Distorts Child Stress Regulation
Summary: A new study provides biological proof for how aggressive parenting alters a child’s ability to handle stress. Investigating the theory of “co-regulation”, where a parent’s calm physiological state helps…
Stress Undermines Brain Circulation, Increases Dementia Risk
Summary: Researchers found that a rare class of neurons—type-one nNOS neurons—plays a central role in regulating brain blood flow and coordinating neural activity in mice. Removing these stress-vulnerable cells caused…
