A Stress Hormone May Help the Brain Repair Itself The human brain is a complex entity capable of incredible feats of intelligence and resilience in the face of adversity.
While stress can have detrimental effects on mental health, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry have made a groundbreaking discovery about how our brains respond to injury.
A recent study published in Cell Reports identified corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH), a stress related signal produced by oligodendrocyte precursor cells near damaged tissue, as an unexpected player in brain repair.