Real-world stress resilience is associated with the responsivity of the locus coeruleus

Individuals vary considerably in how they are affected by stress. Here, the authors show that the severity of psychopathological symptoms triggered by prolonged real-life stress relate to fMRI-measured responsivity of the human brainstem arousal system and associated pupil responses.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marcus Grueschow, Nico Stenz, Hanna Thörn, Ulrike Ehlert, Jan Breckwoldt, Monika Brodmann Maeder, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Roland Bingisser, Christian C. Ruff, Birgit Kleim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22509-1