Stress and the developing brain /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) :
Morgan and Claypool,
[2013]
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| Series: | Colloquium digital library of life sciences.
Colloquium series on the developing brain ; # 9. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Abstract: | The human brain does not develop in a vacuum according to a set of predetermined blueprints--it is involved in a dynamic interplay with the environment that influences gene expression and ultimately structure and function. Some cortical regions, such as the prefrontal cortex (PFC) undergo structural changes throughout the adolescent period and into early adulthood, making their structure and functions particularly interesting to study with respect to gene-environment interactions. Repeated exposure to stress is a predisposing factor in the emergence of various mental illnesses, such as anxiety and depression, although this is by no means an absolute relationship. While some people appear to be vulnerable to the effects of repeated stressors, others are resilient, and this individual variability is partly due to developmental programming of brain regions involved in modulating stress responding, such as the PFC. In the present book, we will discuss features of adolescent brain development that may provide a basis for neural plasticity in stress responding: the highly protracted development of the PFC, the profound change in interconnectedness among cortical and subcortical brain regions, and the characteristic 'rise and fall' pattern for many of the late-developing aspects of neural architecture in PFC and other stress-related brain regions. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. Part of: Colloquium digital library of life sciences. Series from website. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 65 pages) : illustrations Also available in printing. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-64). |
| ISBN: | 9781615045280 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 2159-5208 ; |
| DOI: | 10.4199/C00069ED1V01Y201211DBR009 |
| Access: | Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers. |