Fig. 3: Allostatic load is affected by numerous physiological, genetic, and environmental factors that influence the behavioural response to stress and fear. | Translational Psychiatry

Fig. 3: Allostatic load is affected by numerous physiological, genetic, and environmental factors that influence the behavioural response to stress and fear.

From: Examining the epigenetic transmission of risk for chronic pain associated with paternal post-traumatic stress disorder: a focus on veteran populations

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These factors consequently influence neurotransmitter and hormone concentrations in the brain, resulting in a physiological response that contributes to physical and psychological changes that result in clinical pathologies such as PTSD, sleep disorders, and metabolic dysfunction. Figure was created with BioRender.com.

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