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Editorial
. 2015 Nov 1;1(3):FSO23.
doi: 10.4155/fso.15.21. eCollection 2015 Nov.

The effects of chronic stress on health: new insights into the molecular mechanisms of brain-body communication

Agnese Mariotti  1
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Editorial

The effects of chronic stress on health: new insights into the molecular mechanisms of brain-body communication

Agnese Mariotti. Future Sci OA. .
No abstract available

Keywords: atherosclerosis; brain; chronic stress; depression; immune system.

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Financial & competing interests disclosure The author has no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties. No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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Figure 1.. The Kynurenine pathway of tryptophan degradation.
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Figure 2.. The effects of psychological stress on brain periphery networks.
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