EEB of STRESS READINGS

Readings (including but not limited to):

Christian, J.J. 1980. Endocrine factors in population regulation. In M.N. Cohen, R.S. Malpass, and H.G. Klein (eds.), Biosocial mechanisms of population regulation. Yale UP, New Haven. pp. 55-115.

". . .little doubt that . . . increases in population density or social strife evoke a series of behavioral and endocrine respoonses that ultimately serve to control and limit population growth"

Crews, D. and M. C. Moore. 1986. Evolution of mechanisms controlling mating behavior. Science 231:121-125

"During evolution, any stimulus from the internal or external environment may be co-opted by the brain as a signal and serve as a trigger for mating behavior." [among other things! review "ritualization" and the phenomena that guide neuroplasticity . . .]

Kristine Erickson, Wayne Drevets and Jay Schulkin. 2003. Glucocorticoid regulation of diverse cognitive functions in normal and pathological emotional states. Neurosci & Biobehavioral Reviews 27(3):233-246

Greenberg, N., JA Carr, and CH Summers. 2002. "Ethological Causes and Consequences of the Stress Response" Integrative and Comparative Biology 42: 508-516.

How can ". . . ensembles of adaptive responses are assembled, how autonomic and neurohormonal reflexes of the stress response come under the influence of environmental stimuli [and how some specific aspects of the stress response may be integrated into the life history of a species ?]

Document from Greenberg website

Johnson, E.O. et al. 1992. Mechanisms of stress: A dynamic overview of hormonal and behavioral homeostasis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 16:115-130. (touches most bases except social dominance)

". . . the ability to appropriately regulate the stress response may be as important as the ability to initiate it. Containment of the stress response is crucial . . ." [is there a "priority of access" or hierarchy of "urgencies" guiding regulatory mechanisms?]

McEwen, Bruce S. and Robert M. Sapolsky. 1995. Stress and Cognitive Function. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 5(2):205-216.

Ridderinkhofa,b, K R, Wery PM, van den Wildenberg. (2004) Neurocognitive mechanisms of cognitive control: The role of prefrontal cortex in action selection, response inhibition, performance monitoring, and reward-based learning. Brain and Cognition 56 (2004) 129–140 ("In goal-directed behavior, decision-making (deciding which action to take) is biased by the anticipation of the actions outcome. Differences between anticipated and actual outcome can be used to optimize behavior.") [Dissonance may evoke a subclinical stress response]

"Convergent evidence highlights the differential contributions of various regions of the prefrontal cortex in the service of cognitive control, but little is understood about how the brain determines and communicates the need to recruit cognitive control, and how such signals instigate the implementation of appropriate performance adjustments. Here we review recent progress from cognitive neuroscience in examining some of the main constituent processes of cognitive control as involved in dynamic decision making: goaldirected action selection, response activation and inhibition, performance monitoring, and reward-based learning. Medial frontal cortex is found to be involved in performance monitoring: evaluating outcome vis-a`-vis expectancy, and detecting performance errors or conflicting response tendencies. Lateral and orbitofrontal divisions of prefrontal cortex are involved in subsequently implementing appropriate adjustments.

Moore, M.C., D.K. Hews, R. Knapp. 1998. Hormonal control and evolution of alternative male phenotypes: generalizations of models for sexual differentiation. Amer. Zool. 38:133-151.

"An organism's phenotype results from an interaction of environment and genotype. Sex steroids play a role in translating sexual genotype into phenotype. The focus of this research has been to extend the model of sex steroid hormone action in sexual differentiation to individual variation in reproductive phenotype. " [can we include stress steroids as architects of phenotype?]

Document from ProQuest

Sapolsky, R.M., L.M. Romero, and A.U. Munck. 2000. How do glucocorticoids influence stress responses? Integrating permissive, suppressive, stimulatory, and preparative actions. Endocr. Rev. 21(1):55-89.

"We find that GC actions fall into markedly different categories, depending on the physiological endpoint in question, with evidence for mediating effects in some cases, and suppressive or preparative in others. We then attempt to assimilate these heterogeneous GC actions into a physiological whole." [masterful overview but this sounds teleoplogical -- let's get back to basics]

Wingfield, J. C., D.L. Maney, C.W. Breuner, J.D. Jacobs, S. Lynn, M. Ramenofsky, and R.D. Richardson. 1998. Ecological basis of hormone-behavior interactions: the “emergency life history stage.” Amer. Zool. 38(1): 191-206.

"Superimposed upon seasonal changes in morphology, physiology and behavior, are facultative responses to unpredictable events known as labile (i.e., short-lived) perturbation factors (LPFs). These responses include behavioral and physiological changes that enhance survival and collectively make up the "emergency" life history stage." [can emergencies become "routine" ?]

Document from ProQuest


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Readings (including but not limited to):
Christian, J.J. 1980. Endocrine factors in population regulation. In M.N. Cohen, R.S. Malpass, and H.G. Klein (eds.), Biosocial mechanisms of population regulation. Yale UP, New Haven. pp. 55-115.	". . .little doubt that . . . increases in population density or social strife evoke a series of behavioral and endocrine respoonses that ultimately serve to control and limit population growth"
Crews, D. and M. C. Moore. 1986. Evolution of mechanisms controlling mating behavior. Science 231:121-125	"During evolution, any stimulus from the internal or external environment may be co-opted by the brain as a signal and serve as a trigger for mating behavior." [among other things! review "ritualization" and the phenomena that guide neuroplasticity . . .]
Kristine Erickson, Wayne Drevets and Jay Schulkin. 2003. Glucocorticoid regulation of diverse cognitive functions in normal and pathological emotional states. Neurosci & Biobehavioral Reviews 27(3):233-246
Greenberg, N., JA Carr, and CH Summers. 2002. "Ethological Causes and Consequences of the Stress Response" Integrative and Comparative Biology 42: 508-516.	How can ". . . ensembles of adaptive responses are assembled, how autonomic and neurohormonal reflexes of the stress response come under the influence of environmental stimuli [and how some specific aspects of the stress response may be integrated into the life history of a species ?]	Document from Greenberg website
Johnson, E.O. **et al. 1992.** Mechanisms of stress: A dynamic overview of hormonal and behavioral homeostasis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 16:115-130. (touches most bases except social dominance)	". . . the ability to appropriately regulate the stress response may be as important as the ability to initiate it. Containment of the stress response is crucial . . ." [is there a "priority of access" or hierarchy of "urgencies" guiding regulatory mechanisms?]
McEwen, Bruce S. and Robert M. Sapolsky. 1995. Stress and Cognitive Function. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 5(2):205-216.

Ridderinkhofa,b, K R, Wery PM, van den Wildenberg. (2004) Neurocognitive mechanisms of cognitive control: The role of prefrontal cortex in action selection, response inhibition, performance monitoring, and reward-based learning. Brain and Cognition 56 (2004) 129–140 ("In goal-directed behavior, decision-making (deciding which action to take) is biased by the anticipation of the actions outcome. Differences between anticipated and actual outcome can be used to optimize behavior.") [Dissonance may evoke a subclinical stress response]	"Convergent evidence highlights the differential contributions of various regions of the prefrontal cortex in the service of cognitive control, but little is understood about how the brain determines and communicates the need to recruit cognitive control, and how such signals instigate the implementation of appropriate performance adjustments. Here we review recent progress from cognitive neuroscience in examining some of the main constituent processes of cognitive control as involved in dynamic decision making: goaldirected action selection, response activation and inhibition, performance monitoring, and reward-based learning. Medial frontal cortex is found to be involved in performance monitoring: evaluating outcome vis-a`-vis expectancy, and detecting performance errors or conflicting response tendencies. Lateral and orbitofrontal divisions of prefrontal cortex are involved in subsequently implementing appropriate adjustments.

Moore, M.C., D.K. Hews, R. Knapp. 1998. Hormonal control and evolution of alternative male phenotypes: generalizations of models for sexual differentiation. Amer. Zool. 38:133-151.	"An organism's phenotype results from an interaction of environment and genotype. Sex steroids play a role in translating sexual genotype into phenotype. The focus of this research has been to extend the model of sex steroid hormone action in sexual differentiation to individual variation in reproductive phenotype. " [can we include stress steroids as architects of phenotype?]	Document from ProQuest

Sapolsky, R.M., L.M. Romero, and A.U. Munck. 2000. How do glucocorticoids influence stress responses? Integrating permissive, suppressive, stimulatory, and preparative actions. Endocr. Rev. 21(1):55-89.	"We find that GC actions fall into markedly different categories, depending on the physiological endpoint in question, with evidence for mediating effects in some cases, and suppressive or preparative in others. We then attempt to assimilate these heterogeneous GC actions into a physiological whole." [masterful overview but this sounds teleoplogical -- let's get back to basics]

Wingfield, J. C., D.L. Maney, C.W. Breuner, J.D. Jacobs, S. Lynn, M. Ramenofsky, and R.D. Richardson. 1998. Ecological basis of hormone-behavior interactions: the “emergency life history stage.” Amer. Zool. 38(1): 191-206.	"Superimposed upon seasonal changes in morphology, physiology and behavior, are facultative responses to unpredictable events known as labile (i.e., short-lived) perturbation factors (LPFs). These responses include behavioral and physiological changes that enhance survival and collectively make up the "emergency" life history stage." [can emergencies become "routine" ?]	Document from ProQuest