Early-life maternal deprivation affects the coping behavior and neuroendocrine development of domestic pigs

Ulrike Gimsa¹, Roberto Brückmann², Margret Tuchscherer¹, Armin Tuchscherer¹, Ellen Kanitz¹

¹Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Germany; ²EUROIMMUN AG, Lübeck, Germany

Longitudinal and intergenerational effects of childhood maltreatment on leukocyte telomere length of mother-newborn dyads

R. Nehir Mavioglu, Alexander Behnke, Lynn Matits, Matthias Mack, Iris-Tatjana Kolassa

Ulm University, Germany

Mental and physical health in informal caregiving and associations with relationship quality between caregiver and care recipient – a pilot study

Linda Becker¹, Anna Pendergrass², Elmar Gräßel², Nicolas Rohleder¹

¹Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Lehrstuhl für Gesundheitspsychologie, Erlangen, Germany; ²Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Bereich Med. Psychologie u. Med. Soziologie, Erlangen, Germany

Investigating the immunoregulatory potential of Mycobacterium vaccae (ATCC 15483) and closely related rapid-growing Mycobacteria species

Dominik Langgartner¹, Reiner Noschka², Giulia Mazzari¹, Tirza Braun¹, Elena Kempter¹, Christopher A. Lowry^3,4,5,6, Gudrun Strauss⁷, Steffen Stenger², Stefan O. Reber^1,8

¹Laboratory for Molecular Psychosomatics, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany; ²Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany; ³Department of Integrative Physiology, Center for Neuroscience, and Center for Microbial Exploration, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA; ⁴Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Center for Neuroscience, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; ⁵Veterans Health Administration, Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), The Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center (RMRVAMC), Aurora, CO 80045, USA; ⁶Military and Veteran Microbiome: Consortium for Research and Education (MVMCoRE), Aurora, CO 80045, USA;; ⁷Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm, Germany; ⁸corresponding author

The burden of overweight: Higher body mass index, but not vital exhaustion, is associated with higher DNA damage and lower DNA repair capacity

Judy Fieres¹, Marvin Fischer¹, Christine Sauter¹, Maria Moreno-Villanueva^2,3, Alexander Bürkle², Petra H. Wirtz¹

¹Biological Work and Health Psychology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany; ²Molecular Toxicology Group, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany; ³Human Performance Research Centre, Department of Sport Science, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany

The cholinergic system takes center stage in the skin´s response to stress: Chrna7 at the switch between pro- and anti-inflammatory responses in allergic inflammation

Frank Risto Rommel¹, Susanne Tumala¹, Christoph Ertle¹, Eva Milena Johanne Peters^1,2

¹University of Gießen, Germany; ²Universitätsmedizin-Charité, Berlin, Germany