A users guide to HPA axis research

RL Spencer, T Deak - Physiology & behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
Glucocorticoid hormones (cortisol and corticosterone-CORT) are the effector hormones of
the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis neuroendocrine system. CORT is a systemic …

Stress and adolescent hippocampal neurogenesis: diet and exercise as cognitive modulators

CM Hueston, JF Cryan, YM Nolan - Translational psychiatry, 2017 - nature.com
Adolescence is a critical period for brain maturation. Deciphering how disturbances to the
central nervous system at this time affect structure, function and behavioural outputs is …

Prevention of gut leakiness by a probiotic treatment leads to attenuated HPA response to an acute psychological stress in rats

A Ait-Belgnaoui, H Durand, C Cartier… - …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Intestinal barrier impairment is incriminated in the
pathophysiology of intestinal gut disorders associated with psychiatric comorbidity …

Probiotic gut effect prevents the chronic psychological stress‐induced brain activity abnormality in mice

A Ait‐Belgnaoui, A Colom, V Braniste… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background A probiotic formulation (L actobacillus helveticus R0052 and B ifidobacterium
longum R0175 combination, Probio'Stick®) displays anxiolytic‐like activity and reduces …

Microbiota modulate anxiety-like behavior and endocrine abnormalities in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

R Huo, B Zeng, L Zeng, K Cheng, B Li, Y Luo… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Intestinal microbes are an important system in the human body, with significant effects on
behavior. An increasing body of research indicates that intestinal microbes affect brain …

Neuroendocrine regulation of brain cytokines after psychological stress

JD Johnson, DF Barnard, AC Kulp… - Journal of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
There is growing evidence that stress-induced brain cytokines are important in the etiology
of depression and anxiety. Here, we review how the neuroendocrine responses to …

Cytokines in the brain and neuroinflammation: we didn't starve the fire!

JP Konsman - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
In spite of the brain-protecting tissues of the skull, meninges, and blood-brain barrier, some
forms of injury to or infection of the CNS can give rise to cerebral cytokine production and …

Social defeat induces depressive-like states and microglial activation without involvement of peripheral macrophages

ML Lehmann, HA Cooper, D Maric… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background We are interested in the causal interactions between psychological stress and
activity within different compartments of the immune system. Psychosocial stress has been …

Novel aspects of glucocorticoid actions

ET Uchoa, G Aguilera, JP Herman… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Normal hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal (HPA) axis activity leading to the rhythmic and
episodic release of adrenal glucocorticoids (GC s) is essential for body homeostasis and …

Repeated stress induces a pro-inflammatory state, increases amygdala neuronal and microglial activation, and causes anxiety in adult male rats

S Munshi, MK Loh, N Ferrara, MR DeJoseph… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A link exists between immune function and psychiatric conditions, particularly depressive
and anxiety disorders. Psychological stress is a powerful trigger for these disorders and …