Session Details
[3-S]Emotional alterations and their regulatory system caused by various stressors and environmental factors throughout life
Wed. Mar 18, 2026 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM JST
Wed. Mar 18, 2026 11:30 PM - 1:00 AM UTC
Wed. Mar 18, 2026 11:30 PM - 1:00 AM UTC
Room 4(C200)
Chair:Yukio Ago(Hiroshima University), Akihiro Mouri(Fujita Health University Graduate School of Medical Sciences)
Accumulating evidence in modern society indicates that changes in the daily environment can contribute to the development of depression by altering the neural circuits that regulate emotional functions. This symposium will highlight and discuss recent advances in basic and clinical research into how diverse life events, stressors and environmental factors can lead to depressive symptoms and emotional changes. Topics include clinical findings on the effects of dietary habits and childbirth, animal models such as social stress, the social transfer of pain, and empathy-like behaviors, and emerging possibilities for developing new antidepressant therapeutics.
[3-S-05]From Pathophysiology to Drug Development in Postpartum Depression
*NORIO OZAKI1 (1. Pathophysiology of Mental Disorders, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine)
[3-S-06]The Influence of Lifestyle on Stress Responses and Pathophysiology of Depression
*Akihiro Mouri1,3,4, Kazuo Kunisawa1,3,4, Masaya Hasegawa1,3, Hitomi Kurahashi1,3, Toshitaka Nabeshima2,3,4 (1. Dept of Reg. Sci., Grad. Sch. Med. Sci., Fujita Health Univ., 2. Lab of Health and Med. Sci. INV. (HMSI), Grad. Sch. Med. Sci., Fujita Health Univ., 3. INT Cent for Brain Sci (ICBS), Fujita Health Univ., 4. JPN. Drug Org. of Appro. Use and Res.)
[3-S-07]Therapeutic implications for changes in emotional contagion and empathy in a depressive mouse model
*Rei Yokoyama1, Miyu Matsumi1, Satoshi Asano1, Yukio Ago1 (1. Dept. Cell. Mol. Pharmacol., Grad. Sch. Biomed. Health Sci., Hiroshima Univ.)
[3-S-08]Pharmacological characterization of the delta opioid receptor in animal models of stress-related disorders
*Toshinori Yoshioka1,2, Tsuyoshi Saitoh1, Akiyoshi Saitoh2 (1. WPI-IIIS, Univ. of Tsukuba, 2. Lab. Pharmacol., Fac. Pharmaceut. Sci., Tokyo Univ. of Science)