A new University of Manchester and Edinburgh study published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity has found that ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a multimodal, bioelectronic wrist-worn device for objective, continuous, real-time monitoring of stress. The Smart Quantitative and ...

New research from reveals that the gut microbiome regulates the body's diurnal (day-night) rhythms in stress hormones. Depletion of gut microbiota results in disruptions in the brain's core circadian ...

"Hangry" and "slangry" aren't types of anger—they're frozen fight-or-flight responses. Understanding this distinction changes ...

In a recent perspective piece published in the journal Neuron, researchers discussed how stress can disrupt and promote sleep and the biological mechanisms that may underlie these responses. They ...

We all know stress messes with our heads, but did you know it can also wreak havoc on our bodies? Say hello to cortisol, the hormone released when stress hits, triggering that familiar “fight, flight ...

Most of us know about the “fight or flight” response, the body’s built-in survival instinct. But that framework leaves out two other common ways the nervous system reacts to stress. Indeed, ...