Stress management chapter 3

This substance is released as an immediate response to stress.

Epinephrine

This level of the brain is called the seat of the emotions because it appears to be the first to register pain.

The limbic area

The adrenal gland rests on top of this organ.

kidneys

"Allostatic load" is a term that refers to:

stress

This brain region is thought to be responsible for creating stressful memory imprints onto the nervous system.

Amygdala

This region of the brain is associated with binge drinking.

Amygdala

Based on brain imaging research in the last decade, which of the following statements is not true?

Damage to brain cells from chronic stress is reversible.

True or False? Neuroplasticity refers to the body's ability to create new nerve cells closest to the skin.

False

True or False? The effects of the thyroxine axis can be observed in a few days.

False

True or False? The substance serotonin is most closely associated with a good night's sleep.

False

The thyroxine axis begins in this endocrine gland.

Hypothalamus

This nerve is known as the Queen of the Parasympathetic Nervous System.

The Vagus Nerve

True or False? Panic attacks are known as "the stress response on steroids."

True

True or False? The parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for the relaxation response.

True

This nerve is associated with relaxation.

Vagus nerve