Don't stress out...it may affect your memory! In a study by researchers at McGill University, it showed the effects of glucocorticoids on human cognitive function in older adults, young adults and children.

Glucocorticoids are steroid hormones your adrenal glands release in response to stress. Although these hormones help regulate metabolism, blood pressure, and cardiovascular function, they may depress immunity. Several studies also reveal that both long- and short-term exposure to elevated levels of these stress hormones impairs memory and cognitive processing in children and adults. Chronically high levels of stress hormones in older adults may also shrink the hippocampus, a brain area involved in emotion and memory, by up to 14 percent, research suggests.
- posted by Jen's Journal @ 10:36 AM