Stress and the neuroendocrinology of anxiety disorders

Stress is a risk factor for depressive and anxiety disorders. Changes in lifestyle patterns that are associated with increased stress therefore place a greater burden on mental health. Stress challenges the organism's homeostatic mechanisms, triggering a cascade of events that should, normally,...

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Autor principal: Pêgo, José M. (author)
Outros Autores: Sousa, João Carlos (author), Almeida, O. F. X. (author), Sousa, Nuno (author)
Formato: bookPart
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2010
Assuntos:
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Amygdala
Animals
Anxiety Disorders
Humans
Limbic System
Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus
Risk Factors
Stress, Psychological
Emotions
Life Change Events
Corticosteroids
Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis
Rat
Anxiety
Stress
Animal Models
Ciências Médicas::Medicina Básica
Science & Technology
Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/67552
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/67552

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