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Scarred for life? The biology of childhood hardship
“Elsewhere, research by one of us, Bruce McEwen, has closed in on how pre- and postnatal stress affects a complex set of interactions between the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland and the adrenal glands (the HPA axis). These are all part of the body’s neuroendocrine system, which controls our reactions to stress and regulates many things, including digestion, the immune system, emotions, sexuality and the storage and expenditure of energy.”
