ABSTRACT
Neuroendocrinology is the study of the endocrine role of neuronal cells and the neural regulation of the endocrine system. Many psychiatric disorders are associated with disturbances in neuroendocrine axis function, which thus implicates abnormalities of this axis as being of possible aetiological significance to the development of the psychiatric disorder. Furthermore, understanding fully the biological sequelae of stress is important in determining why some individuals seem resilient to developing psychiatric illness in the face of significant stress while others seem especially vulnerable.
