Comments on: Stress and Neural Wreckage: Part of the Brain Plasticity Puzzle http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/ Brain Fitness and Cognitive Health news Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:10:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: JACOB GILLIAM http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-177698 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:12:10 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-177698 Being in my mid 80's I am very conscious of memory/nonmemory. This article gives me some insight in improving the former and reducing the latter. Being in my mid 80's I am very conscious of memory/nonmemory. This article gives me some insight in improving the former and reducing the latter.

]]> by: ron mack http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-141557 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:29:13 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-141557 This is a fantastic article that goes a long way in helping me to realize why I have been forgetting things so often! Valuable! This is a fantastic article that goes a long way in helping me to realize why I have been forgetting things so often! Valuable!

]]> by: Pat http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-139222 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:10:47 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-139222 Great article. I lost all my beautiful thick long hair about 20 years ago, all due to stress. I do everything I can do now during stressful times to eat right, take vitamins, and get plenty of exercise. (Blogging helps me too!) Great article. I lost all my beautiful thick long hair about 20 years ago, all due to stress. I do everything I can do now during stressful times to eat right, take vitamins, and get plenty of exercise. (Blogging helps me too!)

]]> by: HealthBlawg http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-133972 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:07:14 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-133972 <strong>Grand Rounds Vol. 4 No. 21: The Valentine's Day Edition...</strong> Happy Valentine's Day (almost), and welcome to Grand Rounds, the weekly rotating carnival of the best of the medical blogosphere, hosted improbably this week by -- horrors! -- a health care lawyer and consultant. I've organized this edition around th... Grand Rounds Vol. 4 No. 21: The Valentine's Day Edition...

Happy Valentine's Day (almost), and welcome to Grand Rounds, the weekly rotating carnival of the best of the medical blogosphere, hosted improbably this week by --- horrors! --- a health care lawyer and consultant. I've organized this edition around th...

]]> by: Alvaro http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-133662 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:55:23 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-133662 hello Mig, it is not clear if everything can be fully "reversed", but as Gregory points out there is much we can do today, tomorrow, next week...to help maintain our brains. hello Mig, it is not clear if everything can be fully "reversed", but as Gregory points out there is much we can do today, tomorrow, next week...to help maintain our brains.

]]> by: mig http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-133236 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:20:17 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-133236 the best part of this is that if we make a change now in the way we handle our stress the negative effects can be reversed. Cool. I'm going to go chill out now. the best part of this is that if we make a change now in the way we handle our stress the negative effects can be reversed. Cool. I'm going to go chill out now.

]]> by: Gregory http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-131989 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:13:04 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-131989 Thanks for the kudos, Yeah I find it intriguing that we are actually designed to handle most acute stressors quite well,...if not the excessive, longterm variety. Thanks for the kudos,

Yeah I find it intriguing that we are actually designed to handle most acute stressors quite well,...if not the excessive, longterm variety.

]]> by: Michelle B http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-131241 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:20:46 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-131241 Excellent article--especially appreciated the connection made between stress and using of energy via particular hormones which if remain elevated exert negative effects on a specific brain region. Excellent article--especially appreciated the connection made between stress and using of energy via particular hormones which if remain elevated exert negative effects on a specific brain region.

]]> by: Alvaro http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-130961 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:22:06 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-130961 Hello Gigi, glad you enjoyed it. I do think Gregory did an amazing job at explaining such a complex topic. Hello Gigi, glad you enjoyed it. I do think Gregory did an amazing job at explaining such a complex topic.

]]> by: Gigi Aelbers http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-130817 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:57:57 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/#comment-130817 Great article. Reads well and is very clear, even if you're not a science major. Great article. Reads well and is very clear, even if you're not a science major.

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