Stress and Your Body

Course No. 1585 (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
Taught by Robert Sapolsky
Stanford University
Ph.D., Rockefeller University
1. Why Don't Zebras Get Ulcers? Why Do We?
2. The Nuts and Bolts of the Stress-Response
3. Stress and Your Heart
4. Stress, Metabolism, and Liquidating Your Assets
5. Stress, Overeating, and Your Digestive Tract
6. Stress and Growth - Echoes from the Womb
7. Stress, Growth, and Child Development
8. Stress and Female Reproduction
9. Stress and Male Reproduction
10. Stress and Your Immune System
11. Stress and Cancer
12. Stress and Pain
13. Stress, Learning, and Memory
14. Stress, Judgment, and Impulse Control
15. Stress, Sleep, and Lack of Sleep
16. Stress and Aging
17. Understanding Psychological Stress
18. Psychological Modulators of Stress
19. Stress and the Biology of Depression
20. Stress and the Psychology of Depression
21. Anxiety, Hostility, Repression, and Reward
22. Stress, Health, and Low Social Status
23. Stress Management - Clues to Success?
24. Stress Management - Approaches and Cautions