Evidence suggests that women are more susceptible to stress-related disorders than men.
Animal studies demonstrate a similar female sensitivity to stress and have been used to
examine the underlying neurobiology of sex-specific effects of stress. Although our
understanding of the sex-specific effects of chronic adolescent stress has grown in recent
years, few studies have reported the effects of adolescent stress on depressive-like
behavior. The purpose of this study was to determine if a chronic mixed modality stressor�…