For over two decades, the minority stress model has guided research on the health of
sexually-diverse individuals (those who are not exclusively heterosexual) and gender …

Stress responses help us navigate our environment and respond appropriately to threats.
Stress systems communicate threats to the entire organism, and as such, also stimulate …

Transportation noise is a ubiquitous urban exposure. In 2018, the World Health Organization
concluded that chronic exposure to road traffic noise is a risk factor for ischemic heart …

Patients characterized by stress-related disorders such as depression display elevated
circulating concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines and a hyperactive HPA axis …

Aims To confirm the stress‐relieving effects of heat‐inactivated, enteric‐colonizing
Lactobacillus gasseri CP2305 (paraprobiotic CP2305) in medical students taking a cadaver …

Recurrent psychosocial stress poses a significant health challenge, prompting research into
mechanisms of successful adaptation. Physiological habituation, defined as decreased …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) does not only have direct consequences for well-
being, but it also comes with a significant risk for severe somatic health consequences. A …

Conventional human stress responses are mediated by the sympathetic adrenal medullar
(SAM) axis and the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis. The SAM axis mediates the …

Emotion dysregulation (ED) describes a difficulty with the modulation of which emotions are
felt, as well as when and how these emotions are experienced or expressed. It is a focal …

The brain has multiple functions, and its structures are very closely related to one another.
Thus, the brain areas associated with stress, emotion, and intelligence are closely …