How Do Anxiety and Chronic Stress Change the Brain?
Chronic stress can cause changes in the brain. These changes may contribute to anxiety and depression. Stress can also affect other bodily systems, such as the immune system and metabolism. Some of the health consequences of chronic stress include heart disease, digestive disorders, and obesity.
Physiological Processes
The brain controls many of the body’s physiological processes. It orchestrates responses such as the fight-or-flight response. When the brain perceives a threat, it activates this response to help the person flee. This response causes the body to release hormones, which increase the pulse and muscle tension.
Other changes that occur when the brain is stressed include changes in the neurotransmitters that signal between nerve cells. GABA and glutamate are two of the most common chemicals that are released. As a result, communication between these nerve cells becomes noisy.
MRI
Brain-imaging techniques such as functional MRI, structural MRI, and positron emission tomography allow neuroscientists to map the normal circuitry of the human brain. They can also help uncover abnormal circuitry that is involved in psychiatric illness.
PTSD
PTSD is one type of psychiatric illness that is characterized by structural changes in the brain. Neuroimaging studies have found that PTSD patients have hyperactive amygdala and hippocampus neurons. Those changes can be compared before and after treatment.
Complications
Chronic stress can lead to a number of health complications, including depression, anxiety, heart disease, and obesity. Fortunately, researchers are finding new ways to treat PTSD. Continued research will lead to better treatments in the future.
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