Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect on Development

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Which brain area is responsible for determining the emotional meaning of events?

Hippocampus

Amygdala (correct)

Brain stem

Pre frontal cortex

What is the main responsibility of the hippocampus in the brain?

Formation and retrieval of memories (correct)

Fear modulation

Intuition

Emotion regulation

Which structure mediates the stress response in the brain?

Amygdala

GR

MR (correct)

Hippocampus

What is the primary function of cortisol in the stress response?

Mediates stress response Signup and view all the answers

Which axis is involved in the immediate stress response?

HPA axis Signup and view all the answers

What type of modifications to proteins alter the transcription of DNA?

Epigenetic modifications Signup and view all the answers

Which system drives both acute and chronic responses through the HPA axis?

Limbic structures Signup and view all the answers

What does DNA methylation generally lead to?

Gene silencing Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of the pre frontal cortex in stress?

Insight Signup and view all the answers

What pathways can activate the HPA axis?

Both limbic structures and brain stem pathways Signup and view all the answers

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Which brain area is responsible for determining the emotional meaning of events?

What is the main responsibility of the hippocampus in the brain?

Which structure mediates the stress response in the brain?

What is the primary function of cortisol in the stress response?

Which axis is involved in the immediate stress response?

What type of modifications to proteins alter the transcription of DNA?

Which system drives both acute and chronic responses through the HPA axis?

What does DNA methylation generally lead to?

What is the role of the pre frontal cortex in stress?

What pathways can activate the HPA axis?

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