Using Stress-Based Animal Models to Understand the Mechanisms Underlying Psychiatric and Somatic Disorders

• Main Author: Stefan O. Reber (auth)
• Other Authors: David A. Slattery (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; stress; Glucocorticoids; Irritable Bowel Syndrome; behaviour; microbiome; Animal Models; Prefrontal Cortex
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Chronic or repeated stress, particularly psychosocial stress, is an acknowledged risk factor for numerous affective and somatic disorders in modern societies. Thus, there is substantial evidence showing that chronic stress can increase the likelihood of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder...