startled Archives - Amazing Health Advances https://amazinghealthadvances.net/tag/startled/ Your hub for fresh-picked health and wellness info Sun, 16 Mar 2025 11:40:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://amazinghealthadvances.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AHA_Gradient_Bowl-150x150.jpg startled Archives - Amazing Health Advances https://amazinghealthadvances.net/tag/startled/ 32 32 Why Do We Freeze When Startled? New Study in Flies Points to Serotonin https://amazinghealthadvances.net/why-do-we-freeze-when-startled-new-study-in-flies-points-to-serotonin-6192/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-do-we-freeze-when-startled-new-study-in-flies-points-to-serotonin-6192 https://amazinghealthadvances.net/why-do-we-freeze-when-startled-new-study-in-flies-points-to-serotonin-6192/#respond Sat, 07 Dec 2019 08:00:55 +0000 http://amazinghealthadvances.net/?p=7260 The Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University via Science Daily – A study in fruit flies has identified serotonin as a chemical that triggers the body’s startle response, the automatic deer-in-the-headlights reflex that freezes the body momentarily in response to a potential threat. To read the original article and learn more about why we freeze when startled and how Serotonin affects this, click here.

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