Stress and Your Health: From Vulnerability to Resilience
Stress and Your Health: From Vulnerability to Resilience is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is authored by Hymie Anisman, Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. The Stress and Your Health presents an evidence-based evaluation of the various effects of […]
An Introduction to Stress and Health
The Introduction to Stress and Health is published by SAGE Publications and authored by Hymie Anisman, Professor in the department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Canada, and a distinguished Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience. This is the first textbook to fuse the psychosocial with newer behavioral neuroscience perspectives. It provides a broad perspective of the multiple […]
Chronic Stress Induces Shrinkage of Medial Amygdala Neurons in Mice: Recovery by the Fast-Acting Candidate Antidepressant Acetyl-L-Carnitine
A recent study in Molecular Psychiatry provides new evidence that chronic stress generates structural remodelling of the brain amygdala, and particularly the shrinkage of medial amygdala neurons in mice. Chronic stress has been linked to cognitive impairment, but it is also known that stress modifies the neuronal architecture in several brain cognitive areas. However, little […]
Stress May Start Driving Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk Early In Life: Evidence from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study
Ashley Winning et al. from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts report in the the Journal of the the American College of Cardiology that psychological stress in childhood, adulthood or persistent across a person’s life can contribute to high cardiovascular and metabolic risk. Many clinical and epidemiological studies have documented the […]
The Stress of Life
The Stress of Life, a classic book written by Hans Selye, the physician-scientist who introduced the term (psychological) “stress”, formulated the entire theoretical concept and dedicated his entire scientific career to furnish more and more proof for the importance of neuroendocrine mechanisms in the development of disease. János Hugo Bruno “Hans” Selye (January 26, 1907 […]
New Evidence That Psychological Stress Contributes To Peptic Ulcers Development
A new study published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology provides new evidence that stress is related to an increased risk of peptic ulcers. Since the pioneering work of Hans Selye in the 1930s, psychological stress was often linked to the induction and progression of peptic ulcers. In the 1950s-60s, Selye began to promote […]
The Power of Positive Stress and a Research Roadmap
Evolving Concepts Stress is everywhere. In evolutionary terms, given the range of stressful environmental challenges faced, the human race could not have evolved without developing successful physiological strategies to cope with and overcome potentially life-threatening challenges on a daily basis. The need for a robust response to an acute stress is well-established. Not only do […]
Stress-Induced β2-Adrenoceptor-Mediated M2 Macrophage Polarization Promoting Tumor Growth in a Mouse Model of Breast Cancer
A new study published in the BMB Reports indicates that stress hormones such as epinephrine (adrenaline) may promote the transformation of M1-type macrophages to M2-type macrophages and, thus, accelerate tumor growth in a mouse model of breast cancer. Several studies have linked psychological stress and breast cancer risk, associating with the involvement of stress mediators […]
Anxiety, Depression and Obesity May Jointly Contribute To Asthma Development
A recent study by M. Brumpton et al., published in the International Journal of Epidemiology has shed light on the complex interactions and joint effects of anxiety, depression and obesity on the onset and development of asthma. Approximately 300 million people suffer from asthma, amounting to nearly 1% of the total global disease burden, worldwide. […]
Further Evidence That Prenatal Exposure to Stress May Increase the Risk of Asthma Development in Later Life
A recent study published in the BioMed Research International journal suggests that maternal stress during pregnancy is able to increase offspring risk and susceptibility to asthma. Previous research indicates that prenatal and early-life stress can modify infant immune function in the long-term, including conferring a higher risk for childhood asthma (MK Pincus-Knackstedt et al., 2006; […]
