Stress and the aging brain

11/2/99


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Table of Contents

Stress and the aging brain

Stress and the aging brain: What are the issues?

Acute stress responses

Acute sympathoadrenal stress responses

Autonomic innervation of the heart

Acute sympathoadrenal stress responses

Brain perception of stress

Central nervous system and stress

Hypothalamus

Hypothalamus and limbic system

Fight of flight response

Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis

Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis

Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis

Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis

Role of cortisol in chronic stress

Changes in cortisol secretion in aging

Changes in cortisol secretion in aging

Changes in cortisol secretion in aging

Types of stressors

Cardiovascular stresses

Cortisol damage to hippocampal neurons

Cortisol damage to hippocampal neurons

Cortisol damage to hippocampal neurons

Neuroprotective role of DHEA

Neuroprotective role of DHEA

Neuroprotective role of DHEA

Neurotoxic effects of cortisol

Neuroprotective role of DHEA

Neuroprotective role of DHEA

Author: Kinesiology

Email: katarina@umich.edu

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