University of Cambridge > Talks.cam > Chaucer Club > The brain on stress - Mechanisms underlying increases risk to develop psychopathologies

  Browse A-Z

Log in

Cambridge users (raven)details Other usersdetails No account?details

Information on

Subscribing to talksdetails Finding a talkdetails Adding a talkdetails Disseminating talksdetails Help and Documentationdetails

The brain on stress - Mechanisms underlying increases risk to develop psychopathologies

Add to your list(s) Download to your calendar using vCal

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Deborah McSkimming.

Stress is an important modulator of brain function, behaviour and cognition, and can trigger or exacerbate psychopathologies. I will present findings showing that both stress during early life and chronic stress at adulthood leads to alterations in depression- and anxiety-like behaviours, as well as dysfunctional behaviours in the social domain. Importantly, individual differences in stress effects are largely related to the personality trait anxiety. Despite recent interest in identifying the mediating mechanisms whereby highly anxious individuals eventually develop these psychopathologies, current understanding is scarce. I will present recent evidence that highlights brain energy metabolism as a relevant mediating mechanism.

This talk is part of the Chaucer Club series.

Tell a friend about this talk:

This talk is included in these lists:

Note that ex-directory lists are not shown.

Other lists

Cambridge University Linguistic Society (LingSoc) criminology Type the title of a new list here BSS Internal Seminars Cambridge Genomic Services Seminars CIBB2014

Other talks

Fluorescence spectroscopy and Microscale thermophoresis The Object of My Affection: stories of love from the Fitzwilliam collection Mandatory Madness: Colonial Psychiatry and British Mandate Palestine, 1920-48 Comparative perspectives on social inequalities in life and death: an interdisciplinary conference Mothers & Daughters: a psychoanalytical perspective SciBarHealth: Heart Month
 

© 2006-2024 Talks.cam, University of Cambridge. Contact Us | Help and Documentation | Privacy and Publicity