| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 372 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
On the role of stress in evolution / Lilach Hadany -- Catecholamines and stress / Esther L. Sabban -- Stress and the cholinergic system / Mariella De Biasi -- Effects of stress on the function of hippocampal cells / Marian Joëls and Henk Karst -- Stress and adult neurogenesis in the mammalian central nervous system / Elizabeth D. Kirby and Daniela Kaufer -- Individual differences in reactivity to social stress in the laboratory and its mediation by common genetic polymorphisms / Idan Shalev [and others] -- Corticosteroid hormones in stress and anxiety : role of receptor variants and environmental inputs / Roel H. DeRijk, Efthimia Kitraki, and E. Ronald de Kloet -- Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and CRF-related peptides : a linkage between stress and anxiety / Thomas Blank and Joachim Spiess -- Stress, emotion and memory : the good, the bad and the intriguing / Marie-France Marin [and others] -- Contribution of early life stress to anxiety disorder / Marta Weinstock -- Stress effects on immunity in vertebrates and invertebrates / Michael Shapira -- Immunity to self maintains resistance to mental stress : boosting immunity as a complement to psychological therapy / Gil M. Lewitus, Osnat Schwartz-Stav, and Michal Schwartz -- Brain interleukin-1 (IL-1) mediates stress-induced alterations in HPA activation, memory functioning and neural plasticity / Inbal Goshen and Raz Yirmiya -- Post-traumatic stress disorder in animal models / Hagit Cohen [and others] -- The cholinergic model for PTSD : from acute stress to PTSD, from neuron to network and behavior / Alon Friedman and Lev Pavlovsky -- Stress and neurodegeneration : adding insult to injury? / Amit Berson, Mor Hanan, and Hermona Soreq -- Stress and neurotransmission : clinical evidence and therapeutic implications / Hadar Shalev and Jonathan Cohen -- Metabolic components of neuroendocrine allostatic responses : implications in lifestyle-related diseases / Ronan M.G. Berg and Bente Klarlund Pedersen -- Environmental stress is not always vicious : a lesson from heat acclimation-mediated neuroprotection after traumatic brain injury / Michal Horowitz and Esther Shohami |
| Summary |
This book comprehensively covers the molecular basis of stress responses of the nervous system, providing a unique and fundamental insight into the molecular, physiological and behavioral basis of the stress response of a whole organism. Edited by leading experts in the field and summarizing the latest research advances in this area, this ready reference is an invaluable resource for clinicians dealing with stress-related disorders, biomedical researchers working in the field as well as for pharmacology and biotech companies. From the contents: Systems in Stress Research; Cells and Circuits; C |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Stress (Physiology) -- Molecular aspects
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Pathology, Cellular.
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Neurobiology.
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Stress, Physiological -- physiology
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- physiopathology
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Stress, Psychological
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Neurobiology
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology.
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Neurobiology
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Pathology, Cellular
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| Genre/Form |
dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Soreq, H.
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Friedman, Alon.
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Kaufer, Daniela.
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| ISBN |
9783527628346 |
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3527628347 |
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9783527628353 |
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3527628355 |
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