ABSTRACT
Cortisol, the stress hormone that is life-saving in a variety of circumstances, is considered a ‘criminal’ by part of the scientific community. It has been accused of killing the brain, inducing hippocampal atrophy, blocking neurogenesis, causing cognitive abnormality, even of making one depressed. This has been a real press campaign against the poor hormone! In the 2003 award movie, Chicago, it takes a very good lawyer to get two beautiful murderers out of prison and ‘rehabilitated’ in the newspapers. Clearly, cortisol also needs a good lawyer.
