Emotional Brain Medicine
Session 3: Neuronal Stress Circuitry
Igor Mitrovic, MD
Professor of Physiology, UCSF
Lynda Frassetto, MD
Heath Sciences Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco
Laurel Mellin, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine, UCSF

SESSION 3 OBJECTIVES
• Identify the 3 components of neuronal stress circuits.
• Describe 3 differences between homeostatic and
allostatic circuits.
• Define allostatic load, homeostatic set point and
allostatic set point.
• Describe the elements of the emotional brain screening
process.