Editorial: Using stress-based animal models to understand the mechanisms underlying psychiatric and somatic disorders

  • Chronic or repeated stress, particularly psychosocial stress, is an acknowledged risk factor for numerous affective and somatic disorders in modern societies. Thus, there is substantial evidence showing that chronic stress can increase the likelihood of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders, as well as cardiovascular diseases, irritable bowel syndrome and pain syndromes, to name but a few, in vulnerable individuals. Although a number of pharmacological agents are available to treat such stress-related disorders, many patients do not respond to them, and those who do often report a number of side effects. ...

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Author:Stefan Oskar Reber, David A. SlatteryORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-518978
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00192
ISSN:1664-0640
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27990126
Parent Title (English):Frontiers in psychiatry
Publisher:Frontiers Research Foundation
Place of publication:Lausanne
Contributor(s):Ripu D. Jindal
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2016
Date of first Publication:2016/12/01
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2019/12/04
Tag:animal models; behavior; glucocorticoids; irritable bowel syndrome; microbiome; prefrontal cortex; stress
Volume:7
Issue:Art. 192
Page Number:2
First Page:1
Last Page:2
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Copyright: © 2016 Reber and Slattery. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
HeBIS-PPN:45814312X
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0