1.   But unlike prehistoric man, you have far fewer ways to release the energy produced by the stress response.

2.   And this abnormal stress response, the researchers found, appears especially pronounced in women who also have symptoms of clinical depression.

3.   A normal stress response to having witnessed the attacks or having watched them on television is likely to subside far more quickly.

4.   Abnormal stress responses, Nemeroff and his colleagues suggest, might to some degree account for this increased risk.

5.   But the stress response is a double-edged sword, the scientists said.

6.   If a subject exhibits a stress response while questioned, he or she is judged deceptive.

7.   Most studies of stress response, she pointed out, not only use male subjects, but study male subjects by themselves, not in groups.

8.   The clinical term is acute stress response.

9.   The good news is that the stress response helps protect you in emergency situations.

10.   The stress response comes about automatically.