Stress hormone impacts memory, learning in diabetic rodents
February 18, 2008 | Source: KurzweilAI
A National Institutes of Health study finds increased levels of the stress hormone cortisol temporarily disrupts healthy hippocampus functions in diabetic rats, a step in understanding why diabetes impairs the cognitive health of people.
Both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetic rats exhibited learning and memory deficits when cortisol levels were elevated due to impaired plasticity and declines in new cell growth.