Vicarious learned helplessness: a translationally relevant novel model of stress contagion elucidating sex-dependent prefrontal cortex pathology
Vicarious trauma is sufficient to drive depression-like pathology through distinct molecular trajectories in males and females. These findings are suggestive of the critical necessity for sex-specific therapeutic strategies when treating trauma-related psychiatric disorders.
Authors
- Kalyani Soren
- Roli Kushwaha
- Shashikant Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8919-971X)
- Debiprasad Sinha
- Sumana Chakravarty
- Arvind Kumar
Institutions
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (IN)
- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IN)
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
- Published
- 2026-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1788847
- Primary Topic
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00