Chronic social stress and hippocampal memory system in older adults

Perceived social discrimination, a salient chronic psychosocial stressor, has an adverse effect on physical and mental health. Cumulative stress compromises adaptive physiologic processes and triggers changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis functioning. The hippocampus is critica...

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Main Author: Ayoub, Amara
Other Authors: Schon, Karin
Language:en_US
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/41173