The stressed prefrontal cortex. Left? Right!

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 630-638

  Cerqueira, João J ^a,b   Almeida, Osborne F X ^a,b   Sousa, Nuno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Handedness; Hemispheric asymmetry; Hippocampus; HPA axis; Immune response; Lateralization; Prefrontal cortex; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 44749088281     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2008.01.005     Document Type: Review

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