Stress
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Stress
Physiological response to aversive or threatening stimuli
Hypothalamus pituatary adrenal axis
Regulates homonal component for stresss
Cortisol
Stress hormone, released by HPA
Direction of info and steps
Regions in the brain detects threats, and sends info to hypothalamus
Causes Neurosecretory cells to release corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)
CRf travels to the pituitary gland where it causes the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone ACTH
Sympathetic Nervous Syste
Activation of this inhibipts parasympathetic nervous sytem
Releases epinephrine
Epiniphrine
Adrenaline
Acute stress
An emergency
Chronic Stress
Long term
Yokes
Show the effect of chronic stress and show learned helplessness
Masters
Show that controls reduce stress response
Medial Prefrotral cortex
Inhibits stress response
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