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ReviewBiological psychiatry2023

Preclinical Models of Chronic Stress: Adaptation or Pathology?

Jason J Radley, James P Herman

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In one paragraph

Review in Biological psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Prefrontal contribution to passive coping behaviour in chronic stress and treatment by fast-acting antidepressant.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  13. Prefrontal corticotropin-releasing factor promotes resilience to social stress.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jason J RadleyDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
James P HermanDepartment of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; Cincinnati Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Electronic address: hermanjs@ucmail.uc.edu.
Cincinnati VA Medical Center · USUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

Cortical Mechanisms of Traumatic StressR01MH127835 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI James P Herman · 2022 to 2026
$2.9M
Stress resilience by natural rewards: neurocircuit mechanismsR01MH119814 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI HERMAN, JAMES P, ULRICH-LAI, YVONNE MICHELLE · 2019 to 2023
$2.9M
Neural Circuit Basis of Maladaptive Endocrine and Behavioral Responses Following Chronic StressR01MH119106 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI RADLEY, JASON J · 2019 to 2022
$1.9M
Glucocorticoid Receptor Mechanisms of Traumatic Stress PathologyI01BX005923 · VA · CINCINNATI VA MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH · PI HERMAN, JAMES P · 2022 to 2025
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BLRD VA I01 BX005923NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH119106NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH119814NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH127835
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The experience of prolonged stress changes how individuals interact with their environment and process interoceptive cues, with the end goal of optimizing survival and well-being in the face of a now-hostile world. The chronic stress response includes numerous changes consistent with limiting further damage to the organism, including development of passive or active behavioral strategies and metabolic adjustments to alter energy mobilization. These changes are consistent with symptoms of pathology in humans, and as a result, chronic stress has been used as a translational model for diseases such as depression. While it is of heuristic value to understand symptoms of pathology, we argue that the chronic stress response represents a defense mechanism that is, at its core, adaptive in nature. Transition to pathology occurs only after the adaptive capacity of an organism is exhausted. We offer this perspective as a means of framing interpretations of chronic stress studies in animal models and how these data relate to adaptation as opposed to pathology.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalCuesAdaptation, PsychologicalAnimalsHumansModels, AnimalStress, PsychologicalAllostasisAnimal modelChronic social defeatChronic unpredictable stressStress inoculationStress resilience

Identifiers

PMID36631383
PMCPMC10166771
OpenAlexW4308559058

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