Stress and Disease: Is Being Female a Predisposing Factor?
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Does heightened stress sensitivity predispose an individual toward disease? Our Society for Neuroscience mini-symposium examines the link between stress and disease onset, exploring sex differences and whether there is an increased female predisposition. This session specifically addresses the
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Stress-related mental illnesses like PTSD and major depressive disorder are twice as prevalent in women, suggesting a distinct neurobiology may underlie the stress response in female brains.
“stress-related mental illnesses like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder are twice as prevalent in women (Becker et al., 2007), suggesting a distinct neurobiology may underlie the stress response in female brains.”
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The “Stress and affective disorders” section says women experience depression at approximately twice the rate of men. The “Sex differences in clinical studies” section discusses sex differences in PTSD risk but does not give a twofold prevalence figure for PTSD. The citation therefore supports the depression figure, not its extension to both disorders. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Becker, J. B., Monteggia, L. M., Perrot-Sinal, T. S., Romeo, R. D., Taylor, J. R., Yehuda, R., & Bale, T. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Columbia University (US)
- Yale University (US)
- James J. Peters VA Medical Center (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Venue
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Society for Neuroscience
- Published
- 2007-10-31
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 44
- Pages
- 11851-11855
- ISSN
- 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-2401
- PMC
- PMC6673348
- OpenAlex
- W2083294549
- Cited by
- 158
- References
- 65
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH 070727, R01MH073030, MH 073030, R01MH070727)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA 11717, DA016556, P50DA016556, R01DA011717, R01DA012677, DA012677)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Sex and Gender in Healthcare
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Keywords
- stress, disease susceptibility, sex differences, stress sensitivity, sex differences in disease
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Female, Humans, Male, Models, Biological, Sex Characteristics, Stress, Psychological, Causality, Mood Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders
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