Stress disorders related

Titus GAL3 antagonists may represent an alternate class of therapeutic agents for the treatment of depression, anxiety, and stress-related disorders. 

Clearly an important part of understanding stress-related disorders is to better define the chemistry of psycho-neuro-immuno-endocrine response patterns over time, from the healthy and time-limited to unhealthy and sustained individual. There is growing evidence that a physiological communication exists between the brain and the immune system. Several studies have shown that the white blood cells of the immune... 

R. Ekman and B. Ametz 2006. The Brain in Stress Influence of Environment and Lifestyle on Stress-Related Disorders. In B. Ametz and R. Ekman (eds.) Stress in Health and Disease. Wiley-VCH Verlag, 196-213. 

The idea of reduced adrenal capacity as a possible model for PTSD has also been recently raised by Heim et ah, who concluded that low cortisol may not be a unique feature of PTSD, but may represent a more universal phenomenon related to bodily disorders, having an etiology related to chronic stress (Heim et al. 2000). There are numerous stress-related disorders such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic pain syndromes, and other disorders that are characterized by hypocortisolism. In one study, Heim et al. showed decreased cortisol responses to low-dose DEX, but failed to observe blunted ACTH responses to CRF in women with chronic pelvic pain, some of whom had PTSD, compared to women with infertility (Heim et al. 1998). Since the data were not analyzed on the basis of the subgroup with and without trauma and/or PTSD, it is not possible to directly compare results of that study to other reports examining PTSD directly. 

The 5-HTja receptor was first described in 1981 and is perhaps the best characterized of the serotonin receptors. 5-HTja receptors have been implicated in the regulation of aggression, affect, anxiety, appetite, sexual behavior, and in the control of stress-related disorders [Dourish et al. 1987]. Also, these receptors play a major role in modulating serotonergic transmission. 

Pacak K, Palkovits M (2001) Stressor specificity of central neuroendocrine responses implications for stress-related disorders. Endocrine Rev 22 502-548. 

I Adverse early experience— physical, emotional, or sexual abuse—may alter HPA axis function in a lasting way, conferring vulnerability to depression and stress-related disorders in adulthood. 

Preliminary studies in some stress-related disorders, such as post-traumatic stress... 

Raison, C. L. Miller, A. H. (2003). When not enough is too much the role of insufficient glucocorticoid signaling in the pathophysiology of stress-related disorders. Am. J. Psychiatry. 160 1554—1565. 

Saure MC (2001) Blossom -end rot of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) a calcium- or stress-related disorder Scientia hortic - Amsterdam 90 193-208. 

Aromatherapy is mostly applied to procure alleviation of chronic pain, depression, cognitive disorders, anxiety, insomnia, and stress-related disorders [48]. In this context, the influence of essential oils on the nervous system is studied [49]. Linalool-containing essences are traditionally used as sedatives, analgesics, and anxiolytics [50]. 

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