Phobias, stress and hippocampus

The central Amygdala is more involved in innate phobias.
Stress does not seem to increase the force of phobias and the sine number in the centra amygdala.

When Glucocorticoids are being release while

  • being terrified: dendrites atrophy in the Hippocampus.
  • by sports: dendrites expand in the hippocampus.

Dendritic trees contract and expand in the hippocampus throughout the female menstrual cycle. Cognitive skills peak when estrogen peaks.
Dendrites
myelin in the corpus callum (the part that connects both hemispheres) fluctuates due to the menstrual cycle as well.

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