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Monitoring Plant Hormones During Stress Responses
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Cited by 11 •
2009
A simple method is provided that allows for the rapid extraction and analysis of multiple plant hormones from small tissue samples. The procedure uses vapor phase extraction as the solemn purification step. Samples are analyzed by GC/MS with chemical ionization that produces mainly (M+1)+ ions.
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Fluorescence-Based Monitoring of Mitochondrial Stress in Astrocytes
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2025
This video demonstrates the evaluation of mitochondrial health in genetically modified astrocytes, which express a fluorescent protein within their mitochondria. The protein helps to track changes in mitochondrial health as its fluorescence changes from green to red, indicating stress or damage. Images are captured and analyzed using various parameters.
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Cardiac Stress Test Induced by Dobutamine and Monitored by Cardiac Catheterization in Mice
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2013
We describe the protocol to perform a cardiac stress test induced by dobutamine and monitored by cardiac catheterization in normal mice. Also we show its application to unmask subclinical cardiac disease in high fat diet-induced obese mice.
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Monitoring the Effect of Osmotic Stress on Secretory Vesicles and Exocytosis
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2018
Osmotic stress affects exocytosis and the amount of neurotransmitter released during this process. We demonstrate how combining electrochemical methods together with transmission electron microscopy can be used to study the effect of extracellular osmotic pressure on exocytosis activity, vesicle quantal size, and the amount of neurotransmitter released during exocytosis.
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The Trier Social Stress Test Protocol for Inducing Psychological Stress
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Cited by 251 •
2011
This article describes a protocol for inducing psychological stress in participants, which enables researchers to measure psychological, physiological and neuroendocrine responses to stress within single participants or between groups.
FAQs
The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis provides a physiological pathway for examining stress responses. When this system is activated, cortisol release can serve as an indicator of the organism’s biological response to challenging conditions. Tracking cortisol helps researchers relate stress exposure to changes in stress physiology, health, adaptation, and biological function within a study.
Heart rate and heart-rate variability provide autonomic indicators that complement information from the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Including both types of measures allows researchers to examine stress through more than one physiological system. This broader assessment can provide a more informative picture of how an organism responds to challenging conditions than relying on a single indicator.
The timing and repetition of measurements are essential for interpreting stress responses. A single assessment may capture a response at one moment, whereas repeated observations can show whether physiological or behavioral changes resolve or continue over time. This comparison helps researchers distinguish temporary reactions from patterns associated with persistent stress.
Standardized measurements make observations more consistent across individuals, time points, or experimental conditions. Consistency is especially important when researchers compare cortisol, autonomic indicators, behavior, or other biomarkers. By reducing variation caused by differences in measurement practices, standardization strengthens interpretation of how stress influences health, adaptation, and biological function.
Researchers can combine cortisol measurements with heart rate, heart-rate variability, behavioral observations, and other biomarkers. These measures represent complementary aspects of an organism’s response to challenging conditions. Combining them can help connect physiological changes with behavioral changes and provide a broader basis for interpreting stress-related effects.
Repeated monitoring reveals changes that a single measurement cannot show. Tracking responses across time can indicate whether stress-related physiology or behavior changes, remains elevated, or returns toward an earlier state. This temporal information supports comparisons between short-term responses and persistent stress, while also helping researchers examine adaptation and changing biological function.
Stress Monitoring supports research on stress physiology, animal welfare, disease mechanisms, and environmental effects. In animal welfare studies, it can help evaluate biological and behavioral responses to challenging conditions. In disease or environmental research, the same measurements can clarify how stress relates to health, adaptation, and broader changes in biological function.