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stre ser

  • n  any agent that causes stress to an organism
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  • Brain Handles Stress Better When Bodies Are Exercised
    April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new study led by Princeton University reveals physical activity reorganizes the brain so that its response to stress is decreased. This makes anxiety less likely to interfere with normal brain function. The findings, published in The Journal of Neuroscience , show when regularly exercised mice experienced a stressor -- for example, exposure ...
    July 4, 2013 - redOrbit
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  • Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards in 660 News
    It is a de-stressor for sure because I feel more confident with whatever situation I'm put into,Hollingsworth explained. "I can take a deep breathe and say 'I remember this is what happened last time and how to deal with it.' Or it might...
  • Mark Myers in TheNewsTribune.com (registration)
    Decades of weakened summer monsoon rainfall, punctuated by abrupt and extreme wet episodes that likely brought severe flooding that damaged flood-control infrastructure, must now be considered an additional, important, and significant stressor... St Brendan http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGadICac0FgA0OdSDeYurtlkIDfWQ BusinessWeek http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-29/angkor-s-demise-helped-by-drought-floods-tree-ring-study-says.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFWFXT2L8QXW5qX8zqv7hgbo9jKSA Mar 29, 2010 95312 126619 stressor The other factors are not a significant stressor to the polar bear," Myers said, responding to a question about subsistence hunting and oil development. "Loss of sea ice is the controlling factor."

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