Stress-induced neuroplasticity: (Mal)adaptation to adverse life events in patients with PTSD - A critical overview

Neuroscience

Volumn 283, Issue , 2014, Pages 166-177

  Deppermann, S ^a   Storchak, H ^a   Fallgatter, A J ^a,b   Ehlis, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

BDNF; HPA axis; Memory consolidation; Neuroplasticity; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID;

ADAPTATION; ALLOSTATIC LOAD; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALADJUSTMENT; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY RECONSOLIDATION; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECALL; REVIEW; STRESS INDUCED NEUROPLASTICITY;

EID: 84911919960     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.08.037     Document Type: Review

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