1. Edition - November 2009
139.- Euro
2009. XXIII, 372 Pages, Hardcover
29 Fig. (5 Colored Fig.), 8 Tab. 
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-32374-0
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-32374-6 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






Content

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Short description
This book comprehensively covers the molecular, cellular and physiological aspects of stress for the nervous and the immune system. Covering all novel aspects of stress response, this title is a valuable resource for a wide audience ranging from neurologists to pharmacologists.

From the contents
SYSTEMS
On the Role of Stress in Evolution (Hadany)
Catecholamines and Stress (Sabban)
Stress and the Cholinergic System: (De Biasi)

CELLS AND CIRCUITS
Effects of Stress on the Function of Hippocampal Cells (Joëls, Karst)
Stress and Adult Neurogenesis in the Mammalian Central Nervous System (Kirby, Kaufer)
Individual differences in Reactivity to Social Stress in the Laboratory and its Mediation by Common genetic polymorphisms (Shalev, Lerer, Israel, Uzefovsky, Gritsenko, Mankuta, Kait, Ebstein)

COGNITION AND BEHAVIOUR
Corticosteroid Hormones in Stress and Anxiety; Role of Receptor Variants and Environmental Inputs (de Rijk, Kitraki, de Kloet)
Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) and CRF-Related Peptides- a Linkage Between Stress and Anxiety (Thomas Blank, Joachim Spiess)
Stress, Emotion, and Memory: The Good, the Bad, and the Intriguing (Marin, Schramek, Maheu, Lupien)
Contribution of Early Life Stress to Anxiety Disorder (Weinstock)

IMMUNE RESPONSES
Stress Effects on Immunity in vertebrates and Invertebrates (Shapira)
Immunity to Self Maintains Resistance to Mental Stress; Boosting Immunity as a complement to Psychological Therapy (Lewitus, Schwartz-Stav, Schwartz)
Brain Interleukin-1 (IL-1) Mediates Stress-Induced Alterations in HPA Activation, Memory Functioning and Neural Plasticity (Goshen, Yirmiya)

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Post-Traumatic Stress disorder in Animal Models (Cohen, Kozlovsky, Richter-Levin, Zohar)
The Cholinergic Model for PTSD: From Acute Stress to PTSD, From Neuron to Network and Behavior: (Friedman, Pavlovsky)

VULNERABILITY TO DISEASE
Stress and Neurodegeneration: Adding Insult to Injury? (Berson, Hanan, Soreq)
Stress and Neurotransmission: Clinical Evidence and Therapeutic Implications (Shalev, Cohen)
Metabolic Components of Neuroendocrine Allostatic Responses: Implications in Life-Style Related Diseases (Berg, Pedersen)
Environmental Stress is not Always Vicious: A Lesson from Heat Acclimation-Mediated Neuroprotection after Traumatic Brain Injury (Horowitz and Shohami)