Dynamic adaptation of large-scale brain networks in response to acute stressors

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 304-314

  Hermans, Erno J ^a,b   Henckens, Marloes J A G ^a,c   Joëls, Marian ^c   Fernández, Guillén ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ALERTNESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPOSURE; FEAR; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; LOCUS CERULEUS; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SALIENCE NETWORK; SENSORY GATING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; UPREGULATION; WORKING MEMORY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84901626073     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2014.03.006     Document Type: Review

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