Effects of stress on the auditory system: an approach to study a common origin for mood disorders and dementia.

摘要: The concept of stress is a fundamental piece to understand how organisms can adapt the demands produced by continuously changing environment. However, modern lifestyle subjects humans high levels negative or distress, which increases prevalence mental illnesses. Definitely, has become pandemic 21st century, fact that great intellectual effort from scientists neurobiology stress. This review proposes an innovative point view mood disorders and dementia have common etiology in stressful We propose distress produces sensory deprivation, this interferes with connection between brain environment subject lives. auditory system serve as example idea. In sense, impairs induces hearing loss presbycusis at early age; increase cognitive load stressed people, stimulate development them. On other hand, excitability amygdala, limbic structure involved emotional processing sounds. A consequence these alterations could be persistence fear memory, disorders. Finally, it important emphasize evolutionary issue necessary health times. article contribution discussion will provide insights into origin stress-related neuropsychiatric