Frontiers in NeuroPhysiology of Stress

Dear Colleagues,

Research on stress is important to better understand the processes and mechanisms of adaptation and health. It requires a systemic approach with regard to the coupling between the individual and his environment, which is updated at every moment (enaction). The postulates that articulate the theoretical reflections, and organize the research, are two-fold but complementary: (i) the brain is the vulnerable point of the subject under constraint and (ii) the quality of the perception of the body and the bodily consciousness constitute a target for countermeasures.

More specifically, a recently proposed framework for study is that of a stress model based on the following postulates: (i) stress is a default response that is always present in the organism; it is not generated in response to a stressor but is disinhibited (rigid response) once the environment is perceived as safe; (ii) inhibitory skills involve prefrontal areas and parasympathetic regulation to allow adjustment to environmental changes; (iii) the conditions under which the environment is safe are learned by the organism during its development; (iv) the lack of tonic inhibition following repeated and/or intense stressors leads to a generalized insecurity independent of the reality of external stressors (generalized insecurity); it is expressed at the level of the perception of the body, of relations to others and to the environment; it induces a state of chronic stress with an allostatic cost and its risk of psychosomatic complications. This framework complements the biopsychological and transdiagnostic models of health.

This Special Issue seeks research papers on various aspects of theorical and experimental aspects of neurophysiology of stress (including interventional experiments). We especially encourage the presentation of interdisciplinary work and multinational collaborative research. We also encourage the submission of manuscripts that focus on both theoretical and experimental approaches are needed to improve the understanding of the stress response. Studies will be able to draw on a range of methods based on classical (neuro)biology, (neuro)physiology neurophenomenology and (neuro)psychology techniques that can be useful for pushing the neurophysiological boundaries of stress.

Dr. Marion Trousselard
Guest Editor

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• stress
• biomarker
• allostatic load
• risk factors
• stress management
• health
• vulnerability
• resilience
• enaction
• body