Post-traumatic stress disorder: clinical and translational neuroscience from cells to circuits

KJ Ressler, S Berretta, VY Bolshakov… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a maladaptive and debilitating psychiatric disorder,
characterized by re-experiencing, avoidance, negative emotions and thoughts, and …

Gut/brain axis and the microbiota

EA Mayer, K Tillisch, A Gupta - The Journal of clinical …, 2015 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Tremendous progress has been made in characterizing the bidirectional interactions
between the central nervous system, the enteric nervous system, and the gastrointestinal …

The enduring effects of abuse and related adverse experiences in childhood: A convergence of evidence from neurobiology and epidemiology

RF Anda, VJ Felitti, JD Bremner, JD Walker… - European archives of …, 2006 - Springer
Background Childhood maltreatment has been linked to a variety of changes in brain
structure and function and stress–responsive neurobiological systems. Epidemiological …

Physiology and neurobiology of stress and adaptation: central role of the brain

BS McEwen - Physiological reviews, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
The brain is the key organ of the response to stress because it determines what is
threatening and, therefore, potentially stressful, as well as the physiological and behavioral …

Stress and the brain: from adaptation to disease

ER De Kloet, M Joëls, F Holsboer - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2005 - nature.com
In response to stress, the brain activates several neuropeptide-secreting systems. This
eventually leads to the release of adrenal corticosteroid hormones, which subsequently feed …

Epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in human brain associates with childhood abuse

PO McGowan, A Sasaki, AC D'alessio, S Dymov… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
Maternal care influences hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) function in the rat through
epigenetic programming of glucocorticoid receptor expression. In humans, childhood abuse …

Psychological stress in childhood and susceptibility to the chronic diseases of aging: moving toward a model of behavioral and biological mechanisms.

GE Miller, E Chen, KJ Parker - Psychological bulletin, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
Among people exposed to major psychological stressors in early life, there are elevated
rates of morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases of aging. The most compelling data …

Stress and depression

C Hammen - Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol., 2005 - annualreviews.org
Improved methods of assessment and research design have established a robust and
causal association between stressful life events and major depressive episodes. The …

Neurobiology of depression

EJ Nestler, M Barrot, RJ DiLeone, AJ Eisch, SJ Gold… - Neuron, 2002 - cell.com
Current treatments for depression are inadequate for many individuals, and progress in
understanding the neurobiology of depression is slow. Several promising hypotheses of …

Early-life inflammation promotes depressive symptoms in adolescence via microglial engulfment of dendritic spines

P Cao, C Chen, A Liu, Q Shan, X Zhu, C Jia, X Peng… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Early-life inflammation increases the risk for depression in later life. Here, we demonstrate
how early-life inflammation causes adolescent depressive-like symptoms: by altering the …