Neuropathology of stress

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-135

  Lucassen, Paul J ^a   Pruessner, Jens ^b   Sousa, Nuno ^c,d   Almeida, Osborne F X ^e   Van Dam, Anne Marie ^f   Rajkowska, Grazyna ^g   Swaab, Dick F ^h   Czéh, Boldizsár ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Hippocampus; HPA axis; Mood disorder; Prefrontal cortex; PTSD

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NEUROPEPTIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APOPTOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CUSHING SYNDROME; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIETY; STRESS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84892671268     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-013-1223-5     Document Type: Review

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