Intrinsic Mechanisms of Stress Resilience in the Basolateral Amygdala
Material below summarizes the article NPY Induces Stress Resilience via Downregulation of Ih in Principal Neurons of Rat Basolateral Amygdala, published on May 9, 2018, in JNeurosci and authored by Heika Silveira Villarroel, Maria Bompolaki, James P. Mackay, Ana Pamela Miranda Tapia, Sheldon D. Michaelson, Randy J. Leitermann, Robert A. Marr, Janice H. Urban, and William F. Colmers.
Stress is a key and inescapable component of life. Our physiology is tuned to accommodate stress, by anticipating and responding reflexively to physical or emotional threats and challenges.
An appropriate stress response maintains homeostasis, the healthy state, and prevents harm to the individual. But responding to stress mobilizes considerable physiological resources. Thus, it is important the stress response is terminated and emotional recalibration is achieved once the threat has gone so life can proceed.
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