Month: February 2019
Components of Depression
Understanding Depression By Pete Casale, Origin https://scienceme.com/the-biology-of-depression.php There are a lot of terrible diseases out there. Elephant man disease, prion disease, dying of old age at 11 disease. But if you want the creme-de-la-creme of human misery, you can’t do better...
Stress response
Understanding Stress Response by Dr Robert Sapolsky, Mark Shwartz All vertebrates respond to stressful situations by releasing hormones, such as adrenalin and glucocorticoids, which instantaneously increase the animal’s heart rate and energy level. “The stress response is incredibly ancient evolutionarily,”...