With the most wonderful — and for some, the most stressful — time of year underway, a University of Iowa researcher is ...

Depression and anxiety may heighten cardiovascular disease risk through chronic stress pathways in the brain and body.

A new study uncovers a precise brain pathway that rapidly converts emotional stress into sudden wakefulness during NREM sleep.

Researchers at LMU have uncovered how ribosomes, the cell’s protein builders, also act as early warning sensors when ...

EPFL scientists have identified a molecular pathway that protects cells from lipid oxidation and ferroptosis, a regulated ...

A new study by Scripps Research reveals that alcohol dependence disrupts two signaling pathways in a stress-related part of ...

Share on Pinterest The collections of bacteria in the gut may play a role in the regulation of stress responses, an animal study suggests. Image credit: Justin Lewis/Getty Images. Experts are ...

In a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers showed that stress-sensitive neural circuits alter the gut microbiome by directly influencing duodenal glands. Gut microbiomes promote ...

For many people, stress is part of everyday life. The demands of work, family, and other quotidian pressures can leave one feeling angry, agitated, anxious, downtrodden, or burned out. While these ...