Stress: Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

Volume 4: Handbook of Stress

George Fink

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9780128131565
• eBook ISBN:
  9780128131572
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference
• Index: Biological Sciences

This fourth volume in the Handbook of Stress series, Stress: Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics, deals with the influence that genetics, epigenetics, and genomics have on the effects of and responses to stress. Chapters refer to epigenetic mechanisms that involve DNA methylation, histone modification, and/or noncoding RNA-associated gene activation or silencing. There is also coverage of epigenetic mechanisms in stress-related transgenerational transmission of characteristics, and how these may help explain heritability in some complex human diseases.The Handbook of Stress series, comprised of self-contained volumes that each focus on a specific stress area, covers the significant advances made since the publication of Elsevier's Encyclopedia of Stress (2000 and 2007). Volume 4 is ideal for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty and clinicians interested in stress genetics, epigenetics and genomics involved in neuroendocrinology, neuroscience, biomedicine, endocrinology, psychology, psychiatry and the social sciences - Articles carefully selected by eminent stress researchers and prepared by contributors representing outstanding scholarship in the field, with each chapter fully vetted for reliable expert knowledge - Richly illustrated with explanatory figures and tables - Each chapter includes a boxed "Key points call out section - Affordably priced, self-contained volume for readers specifically interested in stress genetics and epigenetics, removing the need to purchase the whole Handbook series

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Genetic Dissection of Neuropeptide Circuits Mediating Psychosocial Stress
• Chapter 2: Genetic Variation of HPA Axis Activity and Function in Farm Animals
• Chapter 3: MicroRNAs and the Response to Stress
• Chapter 4: Stress-Mediated Regulation of the DNA Methylome
• Chapter 5: Genomics and Epigenetics of Plant Abiotic Stress
• Chapter 6: The Long-Term Biological and Clinical Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect
• Chapter 7: Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation of the Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone System and Genetic Associations With Neuropsychiatric Disorders
• Chapter 8: Circadian Clocks, Stress, and Psychiatric Disorders
• Chapter 9: Effects of Psychological Stress on Telomeres as Genome Regulators
• Chapter 10: From Exaptation to Adaptation: Stress, Transposons, and Functions of the Deep Genome
• Chapter 11: Fetal Alcohol Exposure Impairs the Function of Hypothalamic Proopiomelanocortin Neurons via a Circadian Mechanism
• Chapter 12: Molecular Signaling in the Gut–Brain Axis in Stress
• Chapter 13: Stress Responsiveness of BDNF/TrkB Signaling in the Neuroendocrine System and Future Implications
• Chapter 14: Estradiol Protects Hypothalamic Neurons Against Insulin Resistance
• Chapter 15: Genetics of Stress Responsiveness
• Chapter 16: miRNAs of Astrocyte-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles Potentially Modulate Adult Neurogenesis Under Stress Conditions
• Chapter 17: Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) and Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF): An Evolutionary History of Interaction
• Chapter 18: New Vistas of Old Terrains: Magnocellular Vasopressin and the Neuroendocrine Response to Stress
• Chapter 19: Responding to Stress: Genomic and Nongenomic Actions of Corticosteroid Receptors in the Brain
• Chapter 20: Mutations of the Human Mineralocorticoid Receptor and Targeted Deletion in Model Organisms
• Chapter 21: Mechanisms Regulating Hypoxia Tolerance in Drosophila and Humans
• Chapter 22: Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Its Role in Stress-Related Disorders
• Chapter 23: Zebrafish Models for Stress Research
• Chapter 24: Epigenetic Effects of Exercise on Human Skeletal Muscle
• Chapter 25: Exercise and/or Stress Effects on the Epigenetic Clock
• Chapter 26: Telomeres and Early-Life Stress
• Chapter 27: Molecular Responses to Heat Stress in Escherichia coli
• Chapter 28: Epigenetics and the Impact of Early-Life Stress Across Generations
• Chapter 29: Corticolimbic Circuitry and Genomic Risk for Stress-Related Psychopathology
• Index