Stressor Specificity of Central Neuroendocrine Responses: Implications for Stress-Related Disorders

Stressor specificity of central neuroendocrine responses: implications for stress-related disorders.

Despite the fact that many research articles have been written about stress and stress-related diseases, no scientifically accepted definition of stress exists. Selye introduced and popularized stress as a medical and scientific idea. He did not deny the existence of stressor-specific response patterns; however, he emphasized that such responses did not constitute stress, only the shared nonspe...

Stressor-selective role of the ventral subiculum in regulation of neuroendocrine stress responses.

The ventral subiculum (vSUB) confers inhibitory effects of the hippocampus on hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis responses to novelty and restraint. The current study was designed to evaluate the role of the vSUB in regulating HPA axis responses to stressors of diverse modalities. Male Sprague Dawley rats received bilateral ibotenic acid or saline injections into the region of the ...

"PACAP and PAC1 receptor signaling in chronic stress responses: Implications for anxiety-related disorders."

DSM-5 Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders: Implications for Screening for Cancer-Related Stress

DSM-5: TrauMa anD STreSS-relaTeD DiSorDerS In DSM‐5, disorders which are precipitated by specific stressful and potentially trau‐ matic events are included in a new diag‐ nostic category, “Trauma and Stress‐Related Disorders,” which includes both Adjustment Disorders (ADs) and PTSD (5). Friedman and his colleagues (6) assert that there is heuristic value in grouping this set of dis‐ orders in a...

Psychophysiological and neuroendocrine responses to laboratory stressors in women: implications of menstrual cycle phase and stressor type.

This study assessed stressor and menstrual phase effects on psychophysiological and neuroendocrine responses to laboratory stressors in freely cycling women (N=78, ages 18-45). Participants performed counterbalanced stressors [Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) or cold pressor test (CP)] during their follicular and luteal menstrual cycle phases between 1:00 and 3:00p.m. to control for ...