title: Why stress is bad for your brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sapolsky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D015984:Causality; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids