The handbook of stress : neuropsychological effects on the brain / edited by Cheryl D. Conrad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Conrad, Cheryl D.

Series:

Wiley-Blackwell handbooks of behavioral neuroscience.

Wiley-Blackwell handbooks of behavioral neuroscience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anxiety disorders.

Brain.

Neuropsychiatry.

Stress (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1766 p.)

Edition:

[1st ed.].

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 healthExamines stress influences on brain plasticity across the lifespan, including links to anxiety, PTSD, and clinical depressionFeatures contributions by internationally recognized experts in the field of brain healthServes as an essent

Contents:

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

Stress, Memory, Synaptic Plasticity, and Corticosteroids

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781782685418

1782685413

9781118078716

1118078713

9781118078655

1118078659

9781118083222

1118083229

9781444350814

1444350811

OCLC:

828795528