Understanding stress in the healthy animal – potential paths for progress

Figures & data

Figure 1. Different scales at which stress research is conducted, with the areas of research that focus on those scales.

Figure 2. Key components of a stress response (in squares) with the major unresolved questions concerning those components (circles). See text for further details.

Table 1. Major approaches likely to foster progress in solving unresolved questions from Figure 2.

1. Quantitative predictive models

– Bottom-up models

– Top-down models

2. Network analysis

3. Improved physiological sensors

– Multiple physiological systems simultaneously

4. Recruitment of scientists from other disciplines

5. Effective cross-training of new scientists