Some landmark papers in resilience research
A few examples of landmark papers in resilience research – empirical, methodological, conceptual – presented at past symposia before publication or initiated at a past symposium meeting through discussions among participants.
Ahrens, K. F., Schenk, C., Kollmann, B., Puhlmann, L. M. C., Neumann, R. J., Schäfer, S. K., Reis, D., Basten, U., Weichert, D., Fiebach, C. J., Lutz, B., Wessa, M., Repple, J., Lieb, K., Tüscher, O., Reif, A., Kalisch, R., & Plichta, M. M. (2024). Resilience to major life events: Advancing trajectory modeling and resilience factor identification by controlling for background stressor exposure. Am Psychol 79(8):1076–1091. doi: 10.1037/amp0001315
Ayash S, Lingner T, Ramisch A, Ryu S, Kalisch R, Schmitt U, Müller MB. Fear circuit-based neurobehavioral signatures mirror resilience to chronic social stress in mouse. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Apr 25;120(17):e2205576120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2205576120.
Kaldewaij R et al. (2021) Anterior prefrontal brain activity during emotion control predicts resilience to post-traumatic stress symptoms. Nat Hum Behav 5(8):1055-1064. doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01055-2.
Stevens JS et al. (2021) Brain-Based Biotypes of Psychiatric Vulnerability in the Acute Aftermath of Trauma. Am J Psychiatry 178(11):1037-1049. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.20101526.
Gee DG (2021) Early Adversity and Development: Parsing Heterogeneity and Identifying Pathways of Risk and Resilience. Am J Psychiatry 178(11):998-1013. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.21090944.
Schultebraucks K et al. (2020) A validated predictive algorithm of post-traumatic stress course following emergency department admission after a traumatic stressor. Nat Med 26(7):1084-1088. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-0951-z.
Dudek KA et al. (2020) Molecular adaptations of the blood-brain barrier promote stress resilience vs. depression. PNAS 117(6):3326-3336. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1914655117
Ungar M et al (2020) Resilience and mental health: how multisystemic processes contribute to positive outcomes. Lancet Psychiatry 7(5):441-448. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30434-1.
Cruz-Pereira JS et al. (2020) Depression's Unholy Trinity: Dysregulated Stress, Immunity, and the Microbiome. Annu Rev Psychol 71:49-78. doi: 10.1146/annurev-psych-122216-011613.
Kalisch R, Cramer AOJ et al (2019) Deconstructing and Reconstructing Resilience: A Dynamic Network Approach. Perspect Psychol Sci 14(5):765-777. doi: 10.1177/1745691619855637.
Choi KW et al. (2019) Genomics and psychological resilience: a research agenda. Mol Psychiatry 24(12):1770-1778. doi: 10.1038/s41380-019-0457-6.
de Chaumont F et al. (2019) Real-time analysis of the behaviour of groups of mice via a depth-sensing camera and machine learning. Nat Biomed Eng 3(11):930-942. doi: 10.1038/s41551-019-0396-1.
Singh-Taylor A et al. (2018) NRSF-dependent epigenetic mechanisms contribute to programming of stress-sensitive neurons by neonatal experience, promoting resilience. Mol Psychiatry 23(3):648-657. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.240.
Richter-Levin G et al. (2019) Animal models of PTSD: a challenge to be met. Mol Psychiatry 24(8):1135-1156. doi: 10.1038/s41380-018-0272-5.
Anacker C et al. (2018) Hippocampal neurogenesis confers stress resilience by inhibiting the ventral dentate gyrus. Nature 559(7712):98-102. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0262-4.
Gerlicher AMV et al. (2018) Dopamine-dependent prefrontal reactivations explain long-term benefit of fear extinction. Nat Commun 9(1):4294. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06785-y.
Menard C et al. (2017) Social stress induces neurovascular pathology promoting depression. Nat Neurosci 20(12):1752-1760. doi: 10.1038/s41593-017-0010-3.
Kalisch R et al. (2017) The resilience framework as a strategy to combat stress-related disorders. Nat Hum Behav 1(11):784-790. doi: 10.1038/s41562-017-0200-8.
Shemesh Y et al. (2017) Ucn3 and CRF-R2 in the medial amygdala regulate complex social dynamics. Nat Neurosci 19(11):1489-1496. doi: 10.1038/nn.4346.
Houtepen LC et al. (2016) Genome-wide DNA methylation levels and altered cortisol stress reactivity following childhood trauma in humans. Nat Commun 7:10967. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10967.
