Long-Term Effects. When an excess amount of cortisol is in your brain, the cortisol affects the function of the hippocampus. As part of fight or flight, blood glucose, which is a source of energy, is diverted from the hippocampus to your muscles.
Russian River Cruises. Take a vacation of a lifetime as you travel down the rivers of Russia on a Russian cruise with us. Travel on the routes followed by the Russian Tsars, dock in ancient Russian cities that to this day, still conjure up Russia's mysterious past.
Russian America. (Redirected from Russian Alaska) Russian America (Russian: ÑÑÑÑÐºÐ°Ñ Ð°Ð¼ÐµÑÐ¸ÐºÐ°, Russkaya Amerika) was the name of the Russian colonial possessions in North America from 1733 to 1867. Settlements spanned parts of what are now the US states of California, Alaska, and two ports in Hawaii.