Trauma has a significant impact on the body. It sensitizes the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which is the area of the brain responsible for our body’s central stress response system. The ...
Researchers have found that lifelong physical activity may moderate the structural brain changes linked to adverse childhood ...
This post was co-authored by Mellissa Withers and Maya Makarem (a Master of Public Health student at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine.) More studies are examining the ...