The fight, flight, or freeze response is the body's automatic reaction to stress, triggering physiological changes like ...

You're probably familiar with the symptoms of anxiety: feeling worried, racing thoughts, and being irritable. But while being ...

High profile plane crashes, like the Washington DC crash, can heighten flight anxiety. Two aerophobia experts share tips on how to manage symptoms.

Researchers at the Texas Biomedical Device Center—or TxBDC—discovered a way to retrain the brain’s fear response using a tiny ...

Imagine you’re an early human on the savanna, and a predator suddenly appears. Your stress response—often referred to as “fight or flight”—kicks in. Hormones like adrenaline and cortisol flood your ...

Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2012;7(4):445-459. Box 1. Changes in the body associated with the fight or flight response. Heart rate and blood pressure increase. The heart pump rate increases from ...

The 'fight or flight' hormone adrenaline — which is produced during times of stress — is an agonist of the β 2-adrenergic receptor (β 2 AR), a G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that mediates ...

In response to this government-generated hysteria, the conclusion that the state is effectively doomed may be difficult to avoid, as is the conclusion that it might be better to live elsewhere-in ...