The Effects Of Stress On The Brain

Although stress in your daily life may seem harmless at first, throughout a sustained period chronic stress can cause a severe consequences to the brain and overall health. This alone raises the importance of a need for people to be aware of the harmful negative effects of even simple everyday stress. First off, what causes the brain to reacts to stress and what are its effects? In the short term, once the brain senses danger it sends signals down the spinal cord to the adrenal gland, which are situated right above the kidneys, release the hormone adrenaline. Adrenaline causes an increase in heart rate, blood pressure and amount of sugar in your blood stream. Simultaneously the hypothalamus sends signals to your pituitary gland at the bottom