"Sex, Stress and the Hippocampus: Receptors, Intracellular Mechanisms and Synaptic Plasticity" Bruce S. McEwen, PhD Professor and Head, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology Rockefeller University, New York City, New York, USA	PLEASE NOTE You will need RealPlayer to listen to this lecture. Click HERE to download RealPlayer for free. Click HERE for instructions on selecting and downloading a version of RealPlayer that will work with your computer system.
Lecture Posted May 31, 2001 Click HERE to give us your opinion about this lecture.
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	Slide 1: Introduction Click for: AUDIO
	Slide 2: Neuroendocrine System and Hypothalamic Blood Supply to Anterior Pituitary Gland Click for: AUDIO
	Slide 3: Hippocampus plays a key role in encoding and retrival of memory and may change in shape and size. Click for: AUDIO
	Slide 4: Increased cortisol (main adrenal glucocorticoid) associated with impaired memory and smaller hippocampal volume. Click for: AUDIO
	Slide 5: Hippocampus has been found to be atrophied in a number of disorders. Click for: AUDIO
	Slide 6: Shrinkage of hippocampus impairs functions such as memory, it shuts off the "stress" axis and harms emotion processing. Click for: AUDIO
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