Psychoneuroimmunology

Exploring associations between diurnal cortisol, stress, coping and psychopathology in adolescents and young adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Olivia Zanoletti, Farnaz Delavari, Maude Schneider

Background: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is a neurogenetic condition associated to a high risk for psychiatric disorders, including psychosis. Individuals with 22q11DS are thought to experience increased levels of chronic stress, which could lead to ...

2022

Pituitary dysmaturation affects psychopathology and neurodevelopment in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome

Dimitri Nestor Alice Van De Ville, Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Marie Schaer, Maude Schneider, Daniela Maria Zöller

Background 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22q11DS) confers strongly increased genetic risk for multiple psychiatric disorders. Similarly to the general population, rates of psychiatric comorbidity suggest that common disease mechanisms are shared across dimens ...

2020

Regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the chronic unpredictable stress rat model and the effects of chronic antidepressant treatment

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez

Chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) is a widely used animal model of depression. The present study was undertaken to investigate behavioral, physiological and molecular effects of CUS and/or chronic antidepressant treatment (venlafaxine or imipramine) in th ...

Elsevier2010

The role of NCAM in auditory fear conditioning and its modulation by stress: a focus on the amygdala

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez

Chronic stress in rodents was shown to induce structural shrinkage and functional alterations in the hippocampus that were linked to spatial memory impairments. Effects of chronic stress on the amygdala have been linked to a facilitation of fear conditioni ...

Wiley-Blackwell2010

Chronic stress-induced alterations in amygdala responsiveness and behavior - modulation by trait anxiety and corticotropin-releasing factor systems

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Maria Isabel Cordero Campana

The basolateral nucleus of the amygdala (BLA) plays a key role in emotional arousal and anxiety, and expresses high levels of corticotropin-releasing factor receptor (CRFR)1. In rat brain slices, we have recently shown that afferent activation of the BLA i ...

Wiley-Blackwell2008