Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping

K Roelofs, P Dayan - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
Animals have sophisticated mechanisms for coping with danger. Freezing is a unique state
that, upon threat detection, allows evidence to be gathered, response possibilities to be …

The cancer-immune dialogue in the context of stress

Y Ma, G Kroemer - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
Although there is little direct evidence supporting that stress affects cancer incidence, it does
influence the evolution, dissemination and therapeutic outcomes of neoplasia, as shown in …

[HTML][HTML] Cannabidiol modulates serotonergic transmission and reverses both allodynia and anxiety-like behavior in a model of neuropathic pain

D De Gregorio, RJ McLaughlin, L Posa… - Pain, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Clinical studies indicate that cannabidiol (CBD), the primary nonaddictive component of
cannabis that interacts with the serotonin (5-HT) 1A receptor, may possess analgesic and …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the role of the gut microbiome in brain development and its association with neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders

S Dash, YA Syed, MR Khan - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The gut microbiome has a tremendous influence on human physiology, including the
nervous system. During fetal development, the initial colonization of the microbiome …

[HTML][HTML] Emotional roles of mono-aminergic neurotransmitters in major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders

Y Liu, J Zhao, W Guo - Frontiers in psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
A growing body of researches support a role for dysfunction of serotoninergic,
noradrenergic, and dopaminergic systems in the neurobiological processes involved in …

Précis of The neuropsychology of anxiety: An enquiry into the functions of the septo-hippocampal system

JA Gray - Behavioral and brain sciences, 1982 - cambridge.org
A model of the neuropsychology of anxiety is proposed. The model is based in the first
instance upon an analysis of the behavioural effects of the antianxiety drugs …

Sex differences in anxiety and emotional behavior

NC Donner, CA Lowry - Pflügers Archiv-European Journal of Physiology, 2013 - Springer
Research has elucidated causal links between stress exposure and the development of
anxiety disorders, but due to the limited use of female or sex-comparative animal models …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise benefits brain function: the monoamine connection

TW Lin, YM Kuo - Brain sciences, 2013 - mdpi.com
The beneficial effects of exercise on brain function have been demonstrated in animal
models and in a growing number of clinical studies on humans. There are multiple …

The biology of fear-and anxiety-related behaviors

T Steimer - Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Anxiety is a psychological, physiological, and behavioral state induced in animals and
humans by a threat to well-being or survival, either actual or potential. It is characterized by …

[HTML][HTML] A review of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted psychotherapy

B Sessa, L Higbed, D Nutt - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
This paper provides a brief review of the history, proposed pharmacological mechanisms,
safety issues, and clinical applications of the medicine 3, 4 …