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The handbook of stress : neuropsychological effects on the brain /

"The Handbook of Stress: Neuropsychological Effects on the Brain is an authoritative guide to the effects of stress on brain health, with a collection of articles that reflect the most recent findings in the field. Presents cutting edge findings on the effects of stress on brain health Examines...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Conrad, Cheryl D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Colección:Wiley-Blackwell handbooks of behavioral neuroscience.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Wiley-Blackwell Handbooks of Behavioral Neuroscience; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Part I: Basics of the Stress Response; 1 The Basics of the Stress Response; An Introduction to Stress; The Road to Conceptualizing Stress; Overview of Stress-response Physiology; Overview of Key Stress Response Mediators; Overview of the Stress Response Following Chronic Stress; Emotional Response to Stress; Stress and Cognition; Neuroanatomy of Emotional Regulation; Stress Pathology: Brain Structure and Function.
  • Stress Resilience: Genes, Endophenotype, and Neuropsychological FunctioningConcluding Remarks; 2 Central Nervous System Regulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Stress Response; The Problem of Stress; Acute Stress Responses; Chronic Stress Responses; Perspective: Stress, Chronic Stress, and Disease; 3 Corticosteroid Receptor Involvement in the Stress Response; Basal and Stress-induced Secretory Patterns; Receptor and Action Patterns; Brain MRs; Brain GRs; MR and GR Polymorphisms; MR, GR, and CRH; Future Directions; Acknowledgment.
  • 4 Nongenomic Cellular Actions of Corticosteroids in the BrainIntroduction; Slow, Gene-mediated Effects of Glucocorticoids; Rapid, Nongenomic Effects of Glucocorticoids; Putative Mechanism of Action; Concluding Remarks; 5 Stress Effects on the Brain; Introduction; The Inter-relationship of Stress and Cognition; NMDA Receptor-mediated Signaling and Neuroplasticity; Epigenetic Mechanisms in Gene Transcription; Emotional Challenges Result in Transcription-related Histone Modifications in the Brain; The Dentate Gyrus Shows Sparse Epigenetic Responses.
  • Integration of Extracellular and Intracellular Pathways Signaling to the ChromatinSignificance of H3S10p/K14ac-associated Gene Expression in Dentate Gyrus Granule Neurons in Hippocampus-related Memory Formation; Concluding Remarks; 6 Mechanisms of Glucocorticoid Receptor Regulation of Gene Expression; Introduction; Mechanisms of Glucocorticoid-regulated Gene Expression; Concluding Remarks; Part II: Stress Influences on Brain Plasticity and Cognition; 7 Stress and Adult Neurogenesis; Adult Neurogenesis in the Dentate Gyrus; Effects of Aversive Experience on Adult Neurogenesis.
  • Age, Species, and Sex DifferencesStress Effects on Adult Neurogenesis: a Role for Glucocorticoids?; A Role for Interleukin-1?; Paradoxical Effects of Stress on Adult Neurogenesis; Potential Functions of Adult Neurogenesis; Summary; 8 Neurobiological Basis of the Complex Effects of Stress on Memory and Synaptic Plasticity; Progress in the Study of Stress, Memory, and Brain Function; Stress Effects on Memory Consolidation and Retrieval; Influence of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Stress on Memory; Stress-induced Modulation of Synaptic Plasticity.