Stress: Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics 1E

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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

Genetic Dissection of Neuropeptide Circuits Mediating Psychosocial Stress
YAIR J. BEN-EFRAIM AND ALON CHEN
2. Genetic Variation of HPA Axis Activity and Function in Farm Animals
PIERRE MORMEDE AND ELENA TERENINA
3. MicroRNAs and the Response to Stress
SHARON L. HOLLINS AND MURRAY J. CAIRNS
4. Stress-Mediated Regulation of the DNA Methylome
ALEC LINDSAY WARD DICK AND ALON CHEN
5. Genomics and Epigenetics of Plant Abiotic Stress
SUPRASANNA PENNA, POOJA NEGI, AND VINAY KUMAR
6. The Long-Term Biological and Clinical Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect
JONATHAN PARKER AND CHARLES B. NEMEROFF
7. Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation of the Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone System and Genetic Associations With Neuropsychiatric Disorders
JAN M. DEUSSING
8. Circadian Clocks, Stress, and Psychiatric Disorders
CHARLOTTE KLING AND DOMINIC LANDGRAF
9. Effects of Psychological Stress on Telomeres as Genome Regulators
LAURA C. ETZEL AND IDAN SHALEV
10. From Exaptation to Adaptation: Stress, Transposons, and Functions of the Deep Genome
ANDREW A. BARTLETT AND RICHARD G. HUNTER
11. Fetal Alcohol Exposure Impairs the Function of Hypothalamic Proopiomelanocortin Neurons via a Circadian Mechanism
DIPAK K. SARKAR
12. Molecular Signaling in the Gut–Brain Axis in Stress
AMANDA J. PAGE AND HUI LI
13. Stress Responsiveness of BDNF/TrkB Signaling in the Neuroendocrine System and Future Implications
I. AZOGU-SEPE AND H. PLAMONDON
14. Estradiol Protects Hypothalamic Neurons Against Insulin Resistance
OLINE K. RØNNEKLEIV AND MARTIN J. KELLY
15. Genetics of Stress Responsiveness
YVETTE M. WILSON, JENNY M. GUNNERSEN, AND MARK MURPHY
16. miRNAs of Astrocyte-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles Potentially Modulate Adult Neurogenesis Under Stress Conditions
FELIPE BUSTAMANTE, MAXS M_ENDEZ-RUETTE, URSULA WYNEKEN, LUIS FEDERICO BA´ TIZ, AND ROBERTO HENZI
17. Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) and Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF): An Evolutionary History of Interaction
DAVID A. LOVEJOY AND DAVID W. HOGG
18. New Vistas of Old Terrains: Magnocellular Vasopressin and the Neuroendocrine Response to Stress
FERENC A. ANTONI
19. Responding to Stress: Genomic and Nongenomic Actions of Corticosteroid Receptors in the Brain
SAMANTHA N. HAQUE, KAREN R. MIFSUD, EMILY M. PRICE, AND JOHANNES M.H.M. REUL
20. Mutations of the Human Mineralocorticoid Receptor and Targeted Deletion in Model Organisms
TIMOTHY J. COLE, PETER J. FULLER, AND MORAG J. YOUNG
21. Mechanisms Regulating Hypoxia Tolerance in Drosophila and Humans
DAN ZHOU, PRITI AZAD, TSERING STOBDAN, AND GABRIEL G. HADDAD
22. Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Its Role in Stress-Related Disorders
MICHAEL NOTARAS AND MAARTEN VAN DEN BUUSE
23. Zebrafish Models for Stress Research
MURILO S. DE ABREU, KONSTANTIN A. DEMIN, TAMARA G. AMSTISLAVSKAYA, TATYANA STREKALOVA, AND ALLAN V. KALUEFF
24. Epigenetic Effects of Exercise on Human Skeletal Muscle
MACSUE JACQUES, SHANIE LANDEN, ANDREW S. PALMER, AND NIR EYNON
25. Exercise and/or Stress Effects on the Epigenetic Clock
SARAH VOISIN
26. Telomeres and Early-Life Stress
STEFANIE MAYER, QUINN CONKLIN, SAMUEL J. RIDOUT, AND KATHRYN K. RIDOUT
27. Molecular Responses to Heat Stress in Escherichia coli
XU-TING WANG, SHI-DI XIAO, AND BIN-GUANG MA
28. Epigenetics and the Impact of Early-Life Stress Across Generations
GRETCHEN VAN STEENWYK AND ISABELLE M. MANSUY
29. Corticolimbic Circuitry and Genomic Risk for Stress-Related Psychopathology
SARAH E. PAUL, NOURHAN M. ELSAYED, ERIN BONDY, AND RYAN BOGDAN