Dr. Ben Rein

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The Liz Moody Podcast · Stanford Neuroscientist: THIS Is The Secret To Living Longer (It's Not Diet Or Exercise) · 10 Jun 2026 podcast

And so what actually happens is these NMDA receptors, which are really involved in like cognition, you get like more of them.

Like they kind of get like inserted into cells to like

potentially enhance cognition.

And actually, I'm pretty sure they showed that the rats became like better at like solving mazes and stuff.

But then when the stress went on for like seven days, 14 days, the opposite happened, where then the body was like, all right, all these NMDA receptors, they're super expensive to run.

So we need to pull these in.

And then the opposite thing happened, where then the rats became worse at the cognitive tests.

And so it's like your body is really built to respond to threats, but then it's just not sustainable over the long term, which is why it's important to regulate your stress, you know, without letting it become a chronic issue.

It seems so.

Yeah, I would say so, because it just it affects all these different systems.

So when you have this inflammation buildup, you're at increased risk for like atherosclerosis and heart disease and then stroke.

And if you have this inflammation buildup and you have a stroke, then your ability to recover might be impaired and can lead to dementia.

And it's definitely an oversimplification to point at inflammation and act like it's the only thing going on.

But it's definitely seems to be a big part of the puzzle.

Yeah, so that's this oxytocin, dopamine and serotonin trifecta.

And so I think of it like,

dominoes, you have this first big domino that falls, that's oxytocin.

So you're connecting with someone, oxytocin is released.

And by the way, oxytocin isn't just released peripherally in the body, but also it functions as a neurotransmitter in the brain in a very like distinct way.

And so when you have this oxytocin in the brain, there's research from mice showing that the oxytocin then stimulates dopamine release and serotonin release.

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