Title: Neuroendocrine Measures in Developmental Research
Abstract:Maladaptive responses to stress are components of both the etiology and expression of many psychiatric disorders (Anisman & Zacharko, 1982; Walker, Walder, & Reynolds, 2001). In addition, the neurobio...Maladaptive responses to stress are components of both the etiology and expression of many psychiatric disorders (Anisman & Zacharko, 1982; Walker, Walder, & Reynolds, 2001). In addition, the neurobiological systems involved in activating and regulating stress-sensitive physiological systems are believed to contribute to individual differences in emotionality or temperament (Kagan, Reznick, & Snidman, 1988; Rothbart, Derryberry, & Posner, 1994). Finally, social regulation of stress physiology during development is hypothesized, based on animal studies, to regulate the expression of genes involved in the development of the neural substrates of stress and emotion (Meaney, 2001). This process, in turn, is expected to contribute to vulnerability stressors and thus to mental and physical health over the individual's life course (Sanchez, Ladd, & Plotsky, 2001). For all of these reasons, developmental researchers are interested in assessing the reactivity and regulation of stress biology in studies of children and adolescents.Read More
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-09-17
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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