Role of the medial prefrontal cortex in coping and resilience

Brain Research

Volumn 1355, Issue , 2010, Pages 52-60

  Maier, Steven F ^a   Watkins, Linda R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral control; Coping; Learned helplessness; Medial prefrontal cortex; Serotonin; Stress

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN STEM; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 77956617474     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.08.039     Document Type: Article

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