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  • Handbook of Stress and the Brain Part 2: Stress: Integrative and Clinical Aspects

    Series Book 15 - Techniques in the Behavioral and Neural Sciences
    The Handbook of Stress and the Brain focuses on the impact of stressful events on the functioning of the central nervous system; how stress affects molecular and cellular processes in the brain, and in turn, how these brain processes determine our perception of and reactivity to, stressful challenges - acutely and in the long-run. Written for a broad scientific audience, the Handbook ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Stress and the Brain Part 1: The Neurobiology of Stress

    Series Book 15 - Techniques in the Behavioral and Neural Sciences
    The Handbook of Stress and the Brain focuses on the impact of stressful events on the functioning of the central nervous system; how stress affects molecular and cellular processes in the brain, and in turn, how these brain processes determine our perception of and reactivity to, stressful challenges - acutely and in the long-run. Written for a broad scientific audience, the Handbook ... Read more

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