Sex differences are reported in hippocampal plasticity, cognition, and in a number of
disorders that target the integrity of the hippocampus. For example, meta-analyses reveal …

Compelling evidence exists for pervasive sex differences in pathological conditions,
including anxiety and depressive disorders, with females more than twice as likely to be …

The neurobiology of stress and the neurobiology of social behavior are deeply intertwined.
The social environment interacts with stress on almost every front: social interactions can be …

The hormones and other physiological agents that mediate the effects of stress on the body
have protective and adaptive effects in the short run and yet can accelerate pathophysiology …

Increasingly, levels of the 'stress hormones' cortisol and corticosterone are being used by
ecologists as indicators of physiological stress in wild vertebrates. The amplitude of …

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The vertebrate stress response helps animals respond to environmental dangers such as
predators or storms. An important component of the stress response is glucocorticoid (GC) …

Why do we get the stress-related diseases we do? Why do some people have flare ups of
autoimmune disease, whereas others suffer from melancholic depression during a stressful …

Neurons are continually born from endogenous stem cells and added to the dentate gyrus
throughout life, but adult hippocampal neurogenesis declines precipitously with age. Short …

The discovery that the adult mammalian brain creates new neurons from pools of stemlike
cells was a breakthrough in neuroscience. Interestingly, this particular new form of structural …