Traditionally, adversity was defined as the accumulation of environmental events (allostatic
load). Recently however, a mismatch between the early and the later (adult) environment …

Background Time discounting refers to the fact that the subjective value of a reward
decreases as the delay until its occurrence increases. The present study investigated how …

Stress exposure has been linked to increased rates of depression and anxiety in adults,
particularly in females, and has been associated with maladaptive changes in the anterior …

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is characterized by acute left ventricular dysfunction, with a
hospital-mortality rate similar to acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, the aetiology of …

Stress is associated with a greater risk for various health problems including reduced gray
matter volume (GMV) and density in a number of brain regions. Previous studies show that …

Objective Gray matter loss in the limbic structures was found in recent onset post traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) patients. In the present study, we measured regional gray matter …

The cognitive impact of psychological trauma can manifest as a range of post-traumatic
stress symptoms that are often attributed to impairments in learning from positive and …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with lower gray matter volume (GMV) in
brain regions critical for extinction of learned threat. However, relationships among volume …

Major depressive disorder is associated with smaller hippocampal volumes but the
mechanisms underlying this relationship are unclear. To examine the effect of environmental …