Stress-linked psychiatric disorders, including anxiety and major depressive disorder, are
associated with systemic inflammation. Recent studies have reported stress-induced …

A majority of humans faced with severe stress maintain normal physiological and behavioral
function, a process referred to as resilience. Such stress resilience has been modeled in …

Psychosocial stress has profound effects on the body, including the immune system and the
brain,. Although a large number of pre-clinical and clinical studies have linked peripheral …

Understanding how individuals form and maintain strong social networks has emerged as a
significant public health priority as a result of the increased focus on the epidemic of …

The lateral septum (LS) is composed of heterogeneous cell types that are important for
various motivated behaviors. However, the transcriptional profiles, spatial arrangement …

There is an urgent need to develop more effective treatments for stress-related illnesses,
which include depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety. We view animal …

Social behavior is naturally occurring in vertebrate species, which holds a strong
evolutionary component and is crucial for the normal development and survival of …

Exposure to acute and chronic stress has significant effects on the basic mechanisms of
associative learning and memory. Stress can both impair and enhance associative learning …

The lateral septum (LS) is involved in controlling anxiety, aggression, feeding, and other
motivated behaviors. Lesion studies have also implicated the LS in various forms of caring …

Visceral and somatic pain serve as protective mechanisms against external threats.
Accumulated evidence has confirmed that the paraventricular hypothalamus (PVH) plays an …