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·June 24, 2021·5 min read

‘Fight or Flight’ Discovery in Sleepwalkers Paves Way to New Understanding of Phenomenon

The "fight or flight" response in those who sleepwalk is significantly lower than in those who sleep soundly at night.

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·October 3, 2015·3 min read

Controlling Body Temperature in Response to Fight or Flight

A new study reports TRPV1 controls the nerves that release noradrenaline and affects core body temperature during the 'fight or flight' response.

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·October 1, 2021·4 min read

Fight or Flight, Unless Internal Clocks Are Disrupted

Daily release of glucocorticoids depends on coordination between the clock gene and activity rhythms of neurons within two parts of the hypothalamus.

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·August 9, 2021·7 min read

Fight-or-Flight Response Is Altered in Healthy Young People Who Had COVID-19

Regardless of symptom severity, otherwise healthy young people diagnosed with COVID-19 develop abnormalities with the system that governs the fight-or-flight response in the sympathetic nervous system.

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·September 11, 2018·5 min read

How Do We Make Snap Decisions?

Researchers look at what happens in the brain when we make snap decisions under stress.

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·October 31, 2020·4 min read

Should I Run, or Should I Not? The Neural Basis of Aggression and Flight

Study reveals a key role for the ventromedial hypothalamus in fight or flight behaviors. Findings suggest the ventromedial hypothalamus alters in response to social experiences.

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·September 16, 2015·4 min read

Spending Time in Nature May Enhance Immune System and Benefit Health

A new study links spending time in nature with better health and enhanced functioning of the immune system.

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·June 26, 2017·1 min read

The Brain’s Fight and Flight Response to Social Threat

In a study exploring the neural correlates of the fight or flight response, people who choose to flee perceive a greater threat, leading them to behaviorally and mentally disengage from a situation, researchers report.

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·July 27, 2019·5 min read

The politics of fear: How it manipulates us to tribalism

Using fear as a political platform has created a resurgence in feelings of tribalism. The utilization of fear as a political tool is uninformed, illogical and can result in increased social violence. A new study looks at the impact of the politics of fear on tribalism.