期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
卷 583, 期 2-3, 页码 174-185出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.11.071
关键词
stress; allostasis; brain; chronic stress
资金
- NIMH NIH HHS [P50 MH058911-050004, R37 MH041256, 5P50 MH58911, R01 MH041256-21, MH41256, R01 MH041256, P50 MH058911] Funding Source: Medline
Stress begins in the brain and affects the brain, as well as the rest of the body. Acute stress responses promote adaptation and survival via responses of neural, cardiovascular, autonomic, immune and metabolic systems. Chronic stress can promote and exacerbate pathophysiology through the same systems that are dysregulated. The burden of chronic stress and accompanying changes in personal behaviors (smoking, eating too much, drinking, poor quality sleep; otherwise referred to as lifestyle) is called allostatic overload. Brain regions such as hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and amygdala respond to acute and chronic stress and show changes in morphology and chemistry that are largely reversible if the chronic stress lasts for weeks. However, it is not clear whether prolonged stress for many months or years may have irreversible effects on the brain. The adaptive plasticity of chronic stress involves many mediators, including glucocorticoids, excitatory amino acids, endogenous factors such as brain neurotrophic factor (BDNF), polysialated neural cell adhesion molecule (PSA-NCAM) and tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). The role of this stress-induced remodeling of neural circuitry is discussed in relation to psychiatric illnesses, as well as chronic stress and the concept of top-down regulation of cognitive, autonomic and neuroendocrine function. This concept leads to a different way of regarding more holistic manipulations. such as physical activity and social support as an important complement to pharmaceutical therapy in treatment of the common phenomenon of being stressed out'. Policies of government and the private sector play an important role in this top-down view of minimizing the burden of chronic stress and related lifestyle (i.e. allostatic overload). (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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