Neural Control of Chronic Stress Adaptation

Stress initiates adaptive processes that allow the organism to physiologically cope with prolonged or intermittent exposure to real or perceived threats. A major component of this response is repeated activation of glucocorticoid secretion by the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis, whi...

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Main Author: James eHerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00061/full