A brain-activated, bone-derived hormone called osteocalcin regulates the acute stress response in rodents and possibly humans.

Transmission of stress signals in E. coli is dependent on the distance between its inner and outer membranes.

After a harrowing escape from Iran, Dehesh never shied away from difficult choices to pursue a career in plant biology.

In chapter 3, “The Sense of Sensibility,” author Wendy Jones uses scenes from one of Jane Austen’s most celebrated novels to illustrate the functioning of the body’s stress response system.

Inhibiting the activity of a protein involved in the body’s stress response can ease chronic pain in mice.

Regulation of genome expression orchestrates the behavior of insect castes and the human response to social stress.

Social adversity shapes humans’ immune systems—and probably their susceptibility to disease—by altering the expression of large groups of genes.

Exercise-induced muscle metabolites protect the brain from stress-induced depression in a mouse model.