ReviewFrontiers in physiology2022
The Effect of Chronic Psychological Stress on Lower Urinary Tract Function: An Animal Model Perspective.
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- Stress Urinary Incontinence as a Chronic Stress Model: Clinical Evidence and Emerging Epigenetic Implications for Mental Disorders.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- The Role of TRPV4 in Repeated Variate Stress-Induced Increases in Voiding Frequency and Somatic Sensitivity in Male and Female Mice.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2026Article
- Angiogenesis, Angiogenic Factors, and Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS).International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association · 2026Review
- Low-intensity energy shock wave therapy modulates bladder function and anxiety-like behavior in maternal separation rats.International urology and nephrology · 2026Article
- Psychosocial risk and protective factors for men's lower urinary tract symptoms: A secondary analysis of CARDIA cohort study data.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Oral administration of kratom leaf extract alleviates anxiety-like behavior, urinary bladder pain, voiding dysfunction, and bladder hypercontractility via attenuating muscarinic receptor response in male mice exposed to chronic water avoidance stress.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Odor-specific olfactory stimulation is associated with selective transcriptional changes and partial improvement of stress-evoked bladder overactivity in mice.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Overactive bladder phenotype induced by chronic activation of hypothalamic neuroendocrine stress pathways in rats with no extrinsic behavioral stress applied.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Emotional problems and urinary incontinence in children from a UK cohort.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Article
- Social Vulnerability Is Associated With Worse Urinary Incontinence and Quality of Life in Women.Urology · 2025Article
- Recurrent urinary tract infections and psychological burden: mechanisms and integrative perspectives.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Intravesical nerve growth factor antisense therapy for bladder hypersensitivity induced by psychological stress.Gene therapy · 2024Article
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- TRPV1 and mast cell involvement in repeated variate stress-induced urinary bladder dysfunction in adult female mice.American journal of physiology. Renal physiology · 2024Article
- Therapeutic Effects of AF219 on Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome Induced by Cyclophosphamide or Water Avoidance Stress in Rats.International urogynecology journal · 2024Article
- Mental health problems, stressful life events and new-onset urinary incontinence in primary school-age children: a prospective cohort study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Interstitial cystitis-an imbalance of risk and protective factors?Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The biopsychosocial impacts of anxiety on overactive bladder in women.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2023Article
- Animal models of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Chronic psychological stress can affect urinary function and exacerbate lower urinary tract (LUT) dysfunction (LUTD), particularly in patients with overactive bladder (OAB) or interstitial cystitis-bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). An increasing amount of evidence has highlighted the close relationship between chronic stress and LUTD, while the exact mechanisms underlying it remain unknown. The application of stress-related animal models has provided powerful tools to explore the effect of chronic stress on LUT function. We systematically reviewed recent findings and identified stress-related animal models. Among them, the most widely used was water avoidance stress (WAS), followed by social stress, early life stress (ELS), repeated variable stress (RVS), chronic variable stress (CVS), intermittent restraint stress (IRS), and others. Different types of chronic stress condition the induction of relatively distinguished changes at multiple levels of the micturition pathway. The voiding phenotypes, underlying mechanisms, and possible treatments of stress-induced LUTD were discussed together. The advantages and disadvantages of each stress-related animal model were also summarized to determine the better choice. Through the present review, we hope to expand the current knowledge of the pathophysiological basis of stress-induced LUTD and inspire robust therapies with better outcomes.
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