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ReviewCurrent neuropharmacology2026

Unraveling Complex Interactions Mechanisms Linking PTSD and Chronic Diseases.

Celina Cavalcante Muniz Gomes, Joelson Germano Crispim, Michelle Melgarejo da Rosa

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Review in Current neuropharmacology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Celina Cavalcante Muniz GomesCenter for Therapeutic Innovation, Suelly Galdino (NUPIT-SG), Recife, Brazil.
Joelson Germano CrispimCenter for Therapeutic Innovation, Suelly Galdino (NUPIT-SG), Recife, Brazil.
Michelle Melgarejo da RosaCenter for Therapeutic Innovation, Suelly Galdino (NUPIT-SG), Recife, Brazil.

Funding

Fundação Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior CAPES 88887.153284/2025-00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic and multifactorial psychiatric condition that is often underdiagnosed, particularly when associated with chronic diseases (CDs). These conditions arise from complex interactions among psychosocial, socioeconomic, epigenetic, immune, metabolic, and neurobiological factors. Current treatment options for PTSD and CDs, whether isolated or comorbid, remain suboptimal. Addressing the bidirectional relationship between PTSD and CDs is a pressing global public health challenge, necessitating a deeper understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms. This review examines the interplay of stress-response and neurochemical factors in PTSD and CDs, highlighting how maladaptive stress responses to trauma can disrupt neurochemical pathways, contributing to the development of CDs, and vice versa. Despite this, a significant gap exists in the number of in vivo model studies that adequately mimic the comorbid symptoms of PTSD and CDs, hindering progress in elucidating shared cellular and molecular pathways. This limitation restricts therapeutic advancements. Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of the neurobiological dysfunctions in the brain and their crosstalk with the immune, cardiovascular, and endocrine systems is critical. Such insights will pave the way for individualized treatment strategies tailored to the unique profiles of patients with PTSD associated with CDs.

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Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAnimalsBrainChronic DiseaseHumanschronic diseasesneurochemical factorsneurochemical pathways.Post-traumatic stress disorderstress-responsetreatment

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PMID40849771
PMCPMC13054745

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