The Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

ISBN 10: 0444530401 / ISBN 13: 9780444530400

Published by Elsevier Science Aug 2008, 2008

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis controls reactions to stress and regulates various body processes such as digestion, the immune system, mood and sexuality, and energy usage. This volume focuses on the role it plays in the immune system and provides substantive experimental and clinical data to support current understanding in the field, and potential applications of this knowledge in the treatment of disease. 416 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Aug 2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444530401
• ISBN 13: 9780444530400
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 165H x 23D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 165 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 862 grams

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Synopsis

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis controls reactions to stress and regulates various body processes such as digestion, the immune system, mood and sexuality, and energy usage.

This volume focuses on the role it plays in the immune system and provides substantive experimental and clinical data to support current understanding in the field, and potential applications of this knowledge in the treatment of disease.

• Evidence presented in this book suggests that the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems form the Neuroendoimmune Supersystem, which integrates all the biological functions of higher organisms both in health and disease for their entire life cycle
• Contributors include both the scientists who initiated the work on the HPA axis and on the autonomic nervous system, and those who joined the field later

Review

Demonstrates how the nervous, endocrine and immune systems interact continuously with each other and how they play fundamental roles in the physiology and pathophysiology of higher organisms.