Chronic stress can occur in response to everday stressors that are ignored or poorly managed, as well as to exposure to traumatic events.
medial. [mÄâ²dÄÂ·Él]. Etymology: L, medius, middle. 1 pertaining to, situated in, or oriented toward the midline of the body. 2 pertaining to the tunica media, the middle layer of a blood vessel wall. Also mesial. adjective Toward the centre, middle, median, as of the body.
The dorsomedial nucleus (DM; also known as the mediodorsal nucleus MD) is an association nucleus that has a medial and lateral subdivision. The lateral part receives projections from the superior colliculus, olfactory cortex and the ventral pallidum.