Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists reveal how the brain’s hourly stress rhythm boosts alertness and cortisol, offering clues to sleep, mood, and mental ...

University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led research has found stress-controlling brain cells switch on and off in a steady rhythm about once every hour – even when nothing stressful is happening.

A new study published in PNAS offers evidence that certain brain cells involved in regulating stress do not simply respond to threats, but operate on a repeating internal rhythm—roughly once every ...

Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led research has found stress-controlling brain cells switch on and off in a steady rhythm about once every hour – even when nothing stressful is happening. Senior author ...