Influence of leptin and its receptors on individuals under chronic social stress behavior.

ABSTRACT: Stress is the body's physiological reaction to a dangerous or threatening situation, leading to a state of alertness. This reaction is necessary for developing an effective adaptive response to stress and maintaining the body's homeostasis. Chronic stress, caused mainly by social stress, is what primarily affects the world's population. In the last decades, the emergence of psychological disorders in humans has become more frequent, and one of the symptoms that can be observed is aggressiveness. In the brain, stress can cause neuronal circuit alterations related to the action of hormones in the central nervous system. Leptin, for example, is a hormone capable of acting in brain regions and neuronal circuits important for behavioral and emotional regulation. This study investigated the corr

SUBMITTER: Melo RMF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10867138 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature