From the Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, and the Grace–New Haven Community Hospital. Supported in part by grants from the United States Public Health Service ...

After 7 days, in rats exposed to S1, levels of the cortisol-like hormone corticosterone plummeted by 31% in the hippocampus, the region of the brain associated with memory, decision making and ...

Catch yourself thinking negative or pessimistic thoughts? Blame your high cortisol levels, influencers would have you believe. Online, cortisol—commonly called the “stress hormone”—is a ...