
Stress and Brain Health: Across the Life Course
Description
Key Features
- Comprises diverse evidence from world-leading researchers in each area
- Provides a readily accessible introduction to the topics covered, including basic guidance on stress theory and measurement
- Essential reading for those in the fields of neuroscience, psychophysiology, psychoneuroendocrinology, health psychology, developmental psychology, neuro-rehabilitation and clinical research
Readership
Table of Contents
1. Salivary cortisol as a non-invasive window on the brain
Angela Clow and Nina Smyth
2. Prenatal stress: Effects on fetal and child brain development
Alexandra Lautarescu, Michael C. Craig and Vivette Glover
3. The development of stress reactivity and regulation during human development
Melissa L. Engel and Megan R. Gunnar
4. The impact of childhood poverty on brain health: Emerging evidence from neuroimaging across the lifespan
Alexander J. Dufford, Pilyoung Kim and Gary W. Evans
5. Psychosocial stress and epigenetic aging
Helena Palma-Gudiel, Lourdes Fañanás, Steve Horvath and Anthony S. Zannas
6. Effects of stress on the structure and function of the medial prefrontal cortex: Insights from animal models
Cara L. Wellman, Justin L. Bollinger and Kelly M. Moench
7. Environment and early life: Decisive factors for stress-resilience and vulnerability
Akshaya Hegde and Rupshi Mitra
8. Stress, the cortisol awakening response and cognitive function
Robin Law and Angela Clow
9. Effectiveness of stress relieving strategies in regulating patterns of cortisol secretion and promoting brain health
Nina Smyth, Elena Rossi and Carly Wood
Product details
- No. of pages: 256
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2020
- Published: March 21, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128167533
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780128167526
About the Serial Volume Editors
Angela Clow

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Nina Smyth

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