The neurobiology of stress: Vulnerability, resilience, and major depression

H Akil, EJ Nestler - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Over the past few years, the perceived level of psychological stress has risen dramatically
across the globe due to a combination of events including the long-lasting Covid-19 …

Multi-omics analysis of the molecular response to glucocorticoids-insights into shared genetic risk from psychiatric to medical disorders

J Knauer-Arloth, A Hryhorzhevska, EB Binder - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Background Glucocorticoids play a crucial role as mediators of negative health effects
associated with chronic stress, including increased risk for psychiatric disorders as well as …

Elevated glucocorticoid exposure during development alters behaviors and primes transcriptional responses to stress in adult zebrafish

MK Choi, A Cook, H Eachus, A Tochwin, S Kuntz… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Chronic or severe stress during development increases risk of adult diseases in humans.
One putative mechanism involves priming of stress-sensitive gene networks by early life …

Human cortical neurogenesis is altered via glucocorticoid-mediated regulation of ZBTB16 expression

AC Krontira, C Cruceanu, L Dony, C Kyrousi, MH Link… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Glucocorticoids are important for proper organ maturation, and their levels are tightly
regulated during development. Here, we use human cerebral organoids and mice to study …