Synaptic Stress and Pathogenesis of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Popoli, Maurizio (Editor), Diamond, David (Editor), Sanacora, Gerard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Neurobiology.; Biomedicine.

An overview of the ways in which stress affects brain function or synaptic plasticity and can precipitate the onset of neuropsychiatric disorders. Recent research has shown that changes in glutamate/GABA synapses and related pathways are involved in determining whether the effects of a particular st...