We are really thrilled to host this joint open special issue with among the two journals @mathiasvschmidt.bsky.social

We are very interested to receive your best research at the intersection between stress, health and aging.

Details here lnkd.in/dGfV24ex
and in the linkedin post z.umn.edu/b971

Detailed call for papers and submission guidelines here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

We look forward to seeing your most innovative research! Please feel free to tag colleagues or share this post with your networks.

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: Submit to Neurobiology of Stress (Select: “VSI: Stress and aging (YNSTR)”)
𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 & 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬: Submit to Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (Select: “VSI: Stress and aging (NBR)”)

We are seeking innovative work that pushes the boundaries of how we understand the long-term biological impact of stress. To ensure the best fit for your work, we have split the submission tracks:

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬
I am thrilled to announce an editorial collaboration between 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 and 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬.
With @bartolomuccilab.bsky.social, I am co-editing a virtual special issue focused on:
𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴-𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨

Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and readers for making 2025 an outstanding year. We invite you to read the full editorial and consider Neurobiology of Stress for your next submission!
doi.org/10.1016/j.yn...

Looking back at the past year, the field of stress neurobiology has seen incredible growth. Our journal had the privilege of publishing groundbreaking work that pushes the boundaries of how we understand the bodies response to challenge and its impact to health and disease.

I am delighted to share our editorial for Neurobiology of Stress, co-authored with my fellow Editor-in-Chief, Lawrence Reagan

doi.org/10.1016/j.yn...

Check out the full study here: doi.org/10.64898/202...
Kudos to the fantastic team, especially lead author Sowmya Narayan and our incredible collaborators.

By combining advanced behavioral phenotyping with whole-brain c-Fos mapping, manganese-enhanced MRI, and transcriptomics in mouse models, we found that developmental stress often has opposite neurobiological effects in males vs. females.

I’m thrilled to share our latest preprint from the lab, now available on BioRxiv! We investigated how early life adversity (ELA) shapes the adult brain, and the results are a stark reminder that sex isn't just a variable but leads to fundamentally different stress-induced mechanistic consequences

This is the path to robust, translational data. 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜! Read the full guide and join the shift to deep phenotyping.
Thanks to all co-authors and the incredible teamwork including @benjurek.bsky.social, Patrick Schlegel, @london-k-aman.bsky.social, Bartosz Zglinicki and @mikeyslezak.bsky.social

We provide:

- A standardized workflow for long-term home-cage monitoring in mice.
- A practical guidance on experimental setups for 24-hour recordings.
- A comparison of contrast- vs. ML-based tracking tools, with pros, cons, and use-cases
.. and much more!

Long-term deep phenotyping of behavioral traits in mice using homecage monitoring Neuropsychiatric disorders represent a significant global health challenge, and a deeper understanding of their underlying neurobiology is urgently ne…

Check out our new paper in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews: "𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈-𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈"
This paper is your essential 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 to achieving unprecedented insight into complex rodent behavior. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

To truly understand the neurobiological basis of complex behaviors - the real 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 - we must overcome the limitations of traditional, short-term behavioral tests.

Interesting talk by @kgoepfrich.bsky.social on RNA design and synthetic cells.

🚨Open position at #FENS!

💭Do you want to help strengthen the voice of #neuroscience?
Apply for the Advocacy and Engagement Internship at FENS!

🗓️ The deadline for applications is 31 October!
👉 https://loom.ly/2Qy18y8

Looking forward to this exciting conference. If you are interested in the latest science on the developmental origins of mental illness, join me and my co-chair @talliezee.bsky.social for our session on Sunday morning at 11:20am.

Very happy to share our new paper in Biological Psychiatry, showing that Urolithin A reverses high anxiety by repairing mitochondrial function in the nucleus accumbens.

Big kudos to first co-authors David Mallet & Doğukan Ülgen, our amazing team, and collaborators!

🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

Astrocytic glutamate regulation is shaped by adversity and glucocorticoid signalling Astrocytes are a brain cell type vulnerable to the effects of stress and the development of psychiatric-like phenotypes in animals, yet how this translates to humans is unclear. Here, we probed the di...

Latest lab preprint! Astrocytes are a brain cell type vulnerable to the effects of stress and the development of psychiatric-like phenotypes in animals, yet how this translates to humans is unclear... so we dived in:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Important initiative 👇

Ready for some really hot 🔥🥵 data on stress and trauma effects across the life span, join us at the 17:30 symposium @ebbsociety.bsky.social with @biancasilvalab.bsky.social.

The heat won’t stop the energy — science (and fans!) in full swing!
🔆🪭💪
#EBBS2025

In Bordeaux for the #EBBS meeting. Looking forward to 4 exciting days of science

Expanding our understanding of (mal)adapted stress physiology in psychiatric disorders: achieving single-cell characterisation of steroids and neuropeptides Steroid hormones and neurosteroids (collectively neuroactive steroids), alongside neuropeptides, are key modulators of the central nervous system. The…

🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨
Thrilled to share our latest work in "The Neurobiology of Stress" where we highlight the intricate roles of neuropeptides and neurosteroids in psychiatric disorders, & how new technologies can answer old questions about these important signallers. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Be Open about Animal Research Day is starting now!
Show your support and share on #BOARD25

Events — Neurobiology of Grief International Network

🎉It's happening - The Neurobiology of Grief International Network (NOGIN) comes to Europe! We are happy to host NOGIN from Sept 17-19 in Regensburg/DE. Registration is already open, seats are strictly limited to 100 participants. More information here:
www.neurobiologyofgrief.org/events

The evolving neurobiology of early-life stress This review explores the effects of early-life stress on brain development and cognitive function, highlighting gaps in understanding perceived stress, vulnerable developmental stages, underlying mole...

Excellent review by @talliezee.bsky.social and Matthew T. Birnie on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the consequences of early life adversity. Highly recommended! www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

Childhood adversity as a risk factor for autoimmune disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis with implications for psychiatry Autoimmune diseases are a heterogeneous category of disorders caused by an interaction between genetic and environmental factors which lead to a dysre…

Childhood adversity as a risk factor for autoimmune disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis with implications for psychiatry www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Early Life Stress Can Build Resilience in Females Stress in early life can improve emotional regulation and cognitive function in female mice. This is a significant departure from the traditional view that such stress is solely detrimental. The study...

Read about our recent discoveries on mechanisms that can drive resilience in females.
www.psych.mpg.de/2949097/news...