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Monday, 4 June 2012
Stress, Prefrontal Cortex Inhibition, and Depression

stressExposure to chronic stress has many harmful effects, including effects on our cognition and mental health. The June 2009 edition of Nature Reviews Neuroscience presents several articles summarizing the most recent research findings on this subject.

One of these articles, by Amy F. T. Arnsten, shows how stress inhibits thinking, planning, and control activity in the prefrontal cortex, while strengthening the activity of the rapid reflex pathways connected to the amygdala and the subcortical structures associated with it.

In another article, Sonia J. Lupien and her colleagues propose a model to explain why exposure to stress at various times in the human lifespan can result in various psychopathologies, such as depression.

i_lien Stress pathways that impair prefrontal cortex.
a_lien Stress signalling pathways that impair prefrontal cortex structure and function
i_lien Video: Notre cerveau si fantastique, Sonia Lupien, Ph.D. (course) École Mini Psy 2007 (in French)
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