Handbook of Stress

List of Contributors x Foreword xiv Robert Sapolsky Preface xvi Acknowledgments xix List of Abbreviations xx Part I Basics of the Stress Response 1 1 The Basics of the Stress Response: A Historical Context and Introduction 3 Kenneth J. Thiel and Michael N. Dretsch 2 Central Nervous System Regulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Stress Response 29 James P. Herman 3 Corticosteroid Receptor Involvement in the Stress Response 47 E. Ronald de Kloet, Roel H. DeRijk, and Onno C. Meijer 4 Nongenomic Cellular Actions of Corticosteroids in the Brain 76 Marian Joels, Femke Groeneweg, and Henk Karst 5 Stress Effects on the Brain: Intracellular Signaling Cascades, Epigenetic Mechanisms, and Implications for Behavior 95 Johannes M. H. M. Reul, Andrew Collins, and Maria Gutierrez-Mecinas 6 Mechanisms of Glucocorticoid Receptor Regulation of Gene Expression 113 Alyson B. Scoltock and John A. Cidlowski Part II Stress Influences on Brain Plasticity and Cognition 135 7 Stress and Adult Neurogenesis 137 Timothy J. Schoenfeld and Elizabeth Gould 8 Neurobiological Basis of the Complex Effects of Stress on Memory and Synaptic Plasticity 157 Phillip R. Zoladz, Collin R. Park, and David M. Diamond 9 Acute Glucocorticoids Interact with Arousal State in Regulating Long-term Memory Formation 179 Patrizia Campolongo and Benno Roozendaal 10 Chronic Stress Effects on Corticolimbic Morphology 201 Cara L. Wellman 11 Effects of Chronic Stress on Memory and Neuroplasticity: Animal Studies 230 Carmen Sandi 12 Stress and Glucocorticoid Effects on Learning and Memory: Human Studies 248 Marie-France Marin and Sonia J. Lupien Part III Stress Effects Across the Life Span 267 13 Adolescence and Stress: From Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Function to Brain Development 269 Russell D. Romeo and Ilia N. Karatsoreos 14 Effect of Early Environment and Separation Animal Models on Neurobiological Development 285 Allison Jane Fulford 15 Clinical Implications of Childhood Stress 304 Linda J. Luecken, Danielle S. Roubinov, and Catherine Purdom 16 Chronic Stress and Hippocampus Vulnerability to Functional Changes and Health in the Adult 324 Cheryl D. Conrad 17 Stress and Aging: A Question of Resilience with Implications for Disease 349 Erik B. Bloss, John H. Morrison, and Bruce S. McEwen Part IV Stress Involvement in Anxiety, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Depression 367 18 Social Stress Effects on Defensive Behavior and Anxiety 369 Brandon L. Pearson, D. Caroline Blanchard, and Robert J. Blanchard 19 Stress and Animal Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 388 Hagit Cohen, Gal Richter-Levin, and Joseph Zohar 20 What Can Fear Conditioning Tell Us About Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? 410 Jacek D&ebiec and Joseph E. LeDoux 21 Stress and Glucocorticoid Effects on Memory: Implications for Anxiety Disorders 426 Dominique J.-F. de Quervain 22 Stress and Human Neuroimaging Studies 446 J. Douglas Bremner 23 Chronic Stress and Depression 463 Eberhard Fuchs and Gabriele Flugge 24 How Can Stress Alter Emotional Balance Through Its Interaction with the Serotonergic System? 480 Raymond Mongeau, Michel Hamon, and Laurence Lanfumey 25 Stress, Prefrontal Cortex Asymmetry, and Depression 505 Ron M. Sullivan and Francois Laplante Part V Stress, Coping, Predisposition, and Sex Differences 525 26 Chronic Stress and Sex Differences on Cognition: Animal Studies 527 Victoria N. Luine 27 Effects of Stress on Learning and Memory: Evidence for Sex Differences in Humans 545 Oliver T. Wolf 28 Infl uence of Diet on Stress Response and Behavior 560 Efthymia Kitraki 29 Influence of Appraisal and Coping Following Extreme Stress 578 Miranda Olff Name Index 597 Subject Index 664