ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2011, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (8): 1174-1178.

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A Commentary of Neuroendocrine Stress Response in the Functional Neuroimaging Context

YANG Juan;HOU Yan;ZHANG Qing-Lin   

  1. (School of Psychology, Southwest University; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China)
  • Received:2010-04-16 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2011-08-15 Published:2011-08-15
  • Contact: YANG Juan

Abstract: The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is the major endocrine stress axis of the human organism. Brain networks exercises their regulatory function on HPA axis function and cortisol regulation. Moreover, cortisol regulates its own release via the negative feedback loop in the central nervous system, where it influence stress responsiveness and alter the rate of brain and body aging. Hippocampus, amygdale, prefrontal cortex, and brainstem are involved in cortisol regulation in response to stress. Future study should classify different type of stressors and try to find experimental paradigms of psychosocial stress in the event-related potential (ERP) context.

Key words: stress, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, cortisol, neuroimaging