Conrad Ch. D. (Ed.) The Handbook of Stress: Neuropsychological Effects on the Brain

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2011. — 693 p.The Handbook of Stress represents an up-to-date and authoritative guide to both the beneficial and deleterious effects of stress on brain health. Contributions from international scholars in the field emphasize actions in the brain, from the molecular and cellular stage, to systems interactions and function.Sections begin with studies addressing the basics of the stress response, and proceed to examine stress influences on brain plasticity across the lifespan, including links to anxiety, PTSD, and clinical depression. Each chapter concludes with an in-depth exploration of the ways in which variables such as gender, predisposition, and coping may influence stress outcomes.With its breadth of coverage and cutting-edge scholarship on our current understanding of brain health, The Handbook of Stress is an essential resource for advanced students, professionals, and scholars at the highest level.In this timely book leading investigators have contributed comprehensive and up-to-date articles assessing current understanding of critical stress influences on brain and behavior.Chapters are written by leaders in their fields and the five parts of the book are well organized…it will serve admirably as an important resource for students of neuroscience, psychology, and physiology. It will be an invaluable reference book for all libraries, as well as for those whose major interest is in this field.List of Contributors
ForewordList of Abbreviations
Basics of the Stress Response
The Basics of the Stress Response: A Historical Context and Introduction
Central Nervous System Regulation of the Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Stress Response
Corticosteroid Receptor Involvement in the Stress Response
Nongenomic Cellular Actions of Corticosteroids in the Brain
Stress Effects on the Brain: Intracellular Signaling Cascades, Epigenetic Mechanisms, and Implications for Behavior
Mechanisms of Glucocorticoid Receptor Regulation of Gene Expression
Stress Influences on Brain Plasticity and Cognition
Stress and Adult Neurogenesis
Neurobiological Basis of the Complex Effects of Stress on Memory and Synaptic Plasticity
Acute Glucocorticoids Interact with Arousal State in Regulating Long-term Memory Formation
Chronic Stress Effects on Corticolimbic Morphology
Effects of Chronic Stress on Memory and Neuroplasticity: Animal Studies
Stress and Glucocorticoid Effects on Learning and Memory: Human Studies
Stress Effects Across the Life Span
Adolescence and Stress: From Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Function to Brain Development
Effect of Early Environment and Separation Animal Models on Neurobiological Development
Clinical Implications of Childhood Stress
Chronic Stress and Hippocampus Vulnerability to Functional Changes and Health in the Adult
Stress and Aging: A Question of Resilience with Implications for Disease
Stress Involvement in Anxiety, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Depression
Social Stress Effects on Defensive Behavior and Anxiety
Stress and Animal Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
What Can Fear Conditioning Tell Us About Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?
Stress and Glucocorticoid Effects on Memory: Implications for Anxiety Disorders
Stress and Human Neuroimaging Studies
Chronic Stress and Depression
How Can Stress Alter Emotional Balance Through Its Interaction with the Serotonergic System?
Stress, Prefrontal Cortex Asymmetry, and Depression
Stress, Coping, Predisposition, and Sex Differences
Chronic Stress and Sex Differences on Cognition: Animal Studies
Effects of Stress on Learning and Memory: Evidence for Sex Differences in Humans
Influence of Diet on Stress Response and Behavior
Influence of Appraisal and Coping Following Extreme Stress
Name Index
Subject Index