Chronic stress promotes cancer development

S Dai, Y Mo, Y Wang, B Xiang, Q Liao, M Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Stress is an inevitable part of life. Chronic stress on account of reasons like adversity,
depression, anxiety, or loneliness/social isolation can endanger human health. Recent …

Hypothesis: Tau pathology is an initiating factor in sporadic Alzheimer's disease

AFT Arnsten, D Datta, K Del Tredici… - Alzheimer's & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The etiology of the common, sporadic form of Alzheimer's disease (sAD) is unknown. We
hypothesize that tau pathology within select projection neurons with susceptible …

Mechanisms of synaptic transmission dysregulation in the prefrontal cortex: pathophysiological implications

Z Yan, B Rein - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) serves as the chief executive officer of the brain, controlling the
highest level cognitive and emotional processes. Its local circuits among glutamatergic …

Identification of a prefrontal cortex-to-amygdala pathway for chronic stress-induced anxiety

WZ Liu, WH Zhang, ZH Zheng, JX Zou, XX Liu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Dysregulated prefrontal control over amygdala is engaged in the pathogenesis of psychiatric
diseases including depression and anxiety disorders. Here we show that, in a rodent anxiety …

Review of the evidence on, and fundamental questions about, efforts to improve executive functions, including working memory

A Diamond, DS Ling - Cognitive and working memory training …, 2020 - books.google.com
Review of the evidence on, and fundamental questions about, efforts to improve executive
functions, including working memory Page 166 8 Review of the Evidence on, and Fundamental …

Prefrontal cortex circuits in depression and anxiety: contribution of discrete neuronal populations and target regions

BD Hare, RS Duman - Molecular psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
Our understanding of depression and its treatment has advanced with the advent of
ketamine as a rapid-acting antidepressant and the development and refinement of tools …

The role of genes, stress, and dopamine in the development of schizophrenia

OD Howes, R McCutcheon, MJ Owen, RM Murray - Biological psychiatry, 2017 - Elsevier
The dopamine hypothesis is the longest standing pathoetiologic theory of schizophrenia.
Because it was initially based on indirect evidence and findings in patients with established …

Breath of life: the respiratory vagal stimulation model of contemplative activity

RJS Gerritsen, GPH Band - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Contemplative practices, such as meditation and yoga, are increasingly popular among the
general public and as topics of research. Beneficial effects associated with these practices …

COVID-19: PTSD symptoms in Greek health care professionals.

A Blekas, P Voitsidis, M Athanasiadou… - … , Practice, and Policy, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the emergence of posttraumatic stress
symptoms (PTSS) in Greek health care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic …

Paying attention to attention in depression

AS Keller, JE Leikauf, B Holt-Gosselin… - Translational …, 2019 - nature.com
Attention is the gate through which sensory information enters our conscious experiences.
Oftentimes, patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) complain of concentration …