Stress: Definition and history

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 549-555

  Fink, G ^a  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Allostasis; Cognition; Corticosterone; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Cortisol; Cytokines; Epigenetic; Gene polymorphisms; Gene promoter; General adaptation syndrome; Glucocorticoids; Heat shock proteins; Heterostasis; Homeostasis; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenocortical system; Hypothalamus; Limbic system; Monoamine oxidase A; Neuroimmunomodulation; Pituitary gland; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Sympathetic system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873098670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.00076-0     Document Type: Chapter

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