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Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience

Key Terms

Introduction to Behavioral NeuroscienceKey Terms

12.1 What Is Stress?

stress, stressor, stress response, allostasis, stressor type (physical, psychological, social), stressor duration (acute, subchronic, chronic), stressor severity (mild, moderate, severe/traumatic), inverted-U curve, eustress, distress, animal model

12.2 Neural Mechanisms and Circuitry of the Stress Response

amygdala, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, autonomic nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system, sympathetic nervous system, sympatho-neural system, sympatho-adrenomedullary system, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), glucocorticoid, cortisol, negative feedback, Cushing’s syndrome, glucocorticoid receptor, mineralocorticoid receptor, ventral tegmental area (VTA), nucleus accumbens (NAc), top-down or high-order control

12.3 Interindividual Variability and Resilience in Response to Stress

interindividual variability, epigenetic, critical period, biological inheritance, social inheritance, ecological inheritance, appraisal/reappraisal, predictability, controllability, social buffering, resilience

12.4 Clinical Implications of Stress

stress-related disorders, allostatic overload, sickness response, inflammation, microglia, inflammatory priming, neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration
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