Stress is critically involved in the development and progression of disease. From the stress
of undergoing treatments to facing your own mortality, the physiological processes that …

Increasing evidence has been accumulating about the role of stress as an important
challenge to the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The hippocampus, one …

Recent clinical data have implicated chronic adverse stress as a potential risk factor in the
development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and data also suggest that normal, physiological …

OBJECTIVE: Evidence for a connection between stress and selected neuro degenerative
diseases as well as mental disorders is analyzed. Does stress cause or exacerbate related …

Chronic stress is a risk factor for a number of physiological disorders including
cardiovascular disease, obesity and gastrointestinal disorders, as well as psychiatric and …

Stress, which refers to a combination of physiological, neuroendocrine, behavioral, and
emotional responses to novel or threatening stimuli, is essentially a defensive adaptation …

Over the last 50 years, the concept of stress has evolved significantly, and our
understanding of the underlying neurobiology has expanded dramatically. Rather than …

Growing evidence indicates that physical and psychosocial stressors, in part acting through
the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, may accelerate the process of Alzheimer's …

Chronic psychosocial stress is increasingly being recognised as a risk factor for sporadic
Alzheimer's disease (AD). The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA axis) is the major …

The “glucocorticoid cascade hypothesis” of hippocampal aging has stimulated a great deal
of research into the neuroendocrine aspects of aging and the role of glucocorticoids, in …