NEUR 3403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Neuroplasticity, Cortisol

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Neuroscience
• Course: NEUR 3403
• Professor: Hymie Anisman

Document Summary

Social circles: having a close group of friends seems to be helpful, these friends should have a common interest or something in common an identity. Highest order or identity: for some people this is gender, rely on people of this identity to cope. Allostatic overload: when stressor keeps attacking again and again. Cortisol continues to release without stop, resulting in damage. We are depleted of chemicals because we just continue to use and have none left: societal needs. When there is no health and there is poverty, you don"t need chemicals: different coping mechanisms depending on what you can and can"t tolerate, optimist would probably do better but pessimists maybe not as well. When you learn something, there are changes to the brain. When stressor has passed, you assume there is relief: some of the negativity of the past can be removed when a good event happens after. When you believe or expect the support but then you"re let down.