Sherod E. Haynes

The paper identifies a critical stress exposure period that drives neurophysiological changes in CRF neurons, leading to resilience in mice exposed to repeated social defeat stress.

The paper investigates genetic and sex differences in stress and morphine responses across mouse strains and their progeny, finding genetic influences on stress vulnerability and morphine sensitivity.

This study shows BNSTovCRF neurons promote resilience by reducing the internal experience of aversion during stress.