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Stressed Out

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Feeling stressed out? Wonder what stress is or how to best to deal with stress? Then you might like ot listen in as Dr. Biology talks with Miles Orchinik, Associate Professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University about his work on stress.

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Topic Time
What is stress? (stressors and stress response). 01:18
What effect does stress have on the body? 02:27
Neurons (brain cells) Hormones (chemical messengers). 02:45
Cortisol (hormone) also known as hydrocortisone. 03:20
What happens when you have to much stress? 05:07
Things you might experience with to much stress. 06:45
Genes and DNA. 07:33
Does stress affect DNA? 07:48
Hypothalamus and the hippocampus - where are they and what do they do? 08:46
Hippocampus - learning and memory. 09:49
Hypothalamus controls the start and stop of hormone cascade and primitive activities. 09:58
Do the hypothalamus and hippocampus work together? 10:42
Basics about the hypothalamus and hippocampus - size and location. 11:12
Can we control unwanted stress? 12:24
What role does the hippocampus play in learning - the need for sleep. 12:46
After a certain age does the brain only have neurons die and never generate new ones? Adult neurogenesis 14:10
What happens to brain neurons as we age? 16:04
Bull frogs and brains. 17:10
Recording of bull frog call. 18:07
What have we learned from bull frogs? 18:28
Do other animal brains show neurogenesis? 21:08
How do you catch a bull frog? 21:53
Invasive species - food web - story of Guam and brown tree snakes. 24:00
When did you know you wanted to be a biologist of scientist? (unusual answer) 25:15
I bet you had some interesting jobs. 26:34
If you were not a biologist, what would you be? 27:52
What advice do you have for people wanting to become a biologist?
Okay to make mistakes and avoid specializing.		 28:28

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Stressed Out

Audio editor: Charles Kazilek

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