Stress

Neural, Endocrine and Molecular Studies

Richard McCarty, Greti Aguilera, Esther L. Sabban, Richard Kvetnansky, Richard McCarty, Greti Aguilera, Esther L. Sabban, Richard Kvetnansky

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2001
• Print ISBN: 9780415272209
• eBook ISBN: 9781134484713
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Biology

Deriving the latest material from the Seventh Symposium on Catecholamines and other Neurotransmitters in Stress held in the Slovak Republic, Stress: Neural, Endocrine and Molecular Studies presents some of the latest research into stress, focusing on catecholamines and other neurotransmitter molecules. Topics covered include:

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• List of Corresponding Authors
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Stress-Related Central Neuronal Regulatory Circuits
• 2. Re-Evaluation of the Role of Serotonin in Stress: A "Systems-Level" Approach
• 3. Neurocircuit Activation of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Axis: Roles for Ascending Norepinephrine Systems
• 4. Pain and Stress: Convergence and Divergence of Neuronal Pathways
• 5. Chronic Hypercortisolemia Inhibits Dopaminergic Activity in the Nucleus Accumbens
• 6. Distinctive Changes in Central Norepinephrinergic Transmission are Induced by Unconditioned and Conditioned Naturalistic Environmental Stimuli
• 7. Interstitial Norepinephrine in the Hypothalamus of Rats Fed a Lysine-Deficient Diet
• 8. A Possible Role of the Coeruleospinal Modulation System Under Painful Stress
• 9. Responses of Catecholaminergic, β-Endorphinergic and Gonadoliberinergic Neuronal Systems in the Hypothalamus of Anestrous Ewes to Stressful Stimuli
• 10. Effect of Various Stressors on Neuronal Activity in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus of Long-Term Repeatedly Immobilized Rats
• 11. Gender Differences in Rats in Sympathoadrenal Activity at Rest and in Response to Stress
• 12. Sex Differences in Diurnal Variations in Corticosterone Responses to Emotional Stressors
• 13. Hemodynamic Response Variability to Behavioral Stress Correlates with Predisposition to Disease
• 14. Immobilization Stress Affects Calcium Homeostasis in Rat Kidney by Modulation of Calcium Transport Systems
• 15. Osteocalcin Response to Immobilization: Possible Involvement of Parathyroid Hormone
• 16. Effects of Novel Stressors on Plasma Catecholamine Levels in Rats Exposed to Long-Term Cold
• 17. Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Corticotropin Releasing Hormone and Vasopressin Expression by Stress and Glucocorticoids
• 18. Transcriptional Mechanisms of Stress-Triggered Activation of Neurotransmitter Gene Expression
• 19. Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Gene Transcription Rate by Stress: Use of Transgenic Mice
• 20. Genes of Tetrahydrobiopterin-Synthesizing Enzymes in Relation to Stress
• 21. Novel Stressors Exaggerate Tyrosine Hydroxylase Gene Expression in the Adrenal Medulla of Rats Exposed to Long-Term Cold Stress
• 22. Stress-Induced Expression of Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase: Normal and Knock Out Animals
• 23. Reacting to Stress in the Absence of Norepinephrine: Lessons from Dopamine β-Hydroxylase- and Tyrosine Hydroxylase-Deficient Mice
• 24. Role of CRH-Binding Protein in the Mammalian Stress Response
• 25. Gene Expression of the Cardiac Renin-Angiotensin Components and its Modulation by Stress
• 26. Association Between Brain COMT Gene Expression and Aggressive Experience in Daily Agonistic Confrontations in Male Mice
• 27. Cytokines and Stress: Neurochemistry, Endocrinology and Behavior
• 28. Central Neurochemical Effects of Cytokines: Parallels with Stressor Effects
• 29. Neuropeptides in Immune Tissues: Mediators of the Stress Response
• 30. The Ontogeny of the Neural Responses to Stress: The Influence of Maternal Factors
• 31. Age and Stress: Differential Effects on Neurotransmitter Gene Expression in Adrenal Medulla and Brain Catecholaminergic Neurons
• 32. Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase with Age: Modulation by Cold and Exercise
• 33. Effects of Neonatal Treatment with Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotide to Alpha2A-Adrenergic Receptor on the Noradrenergic System of Rat Brain
• 34. Prenatal Stress Alters Endocrine and Immune Reactions in Neonatal Pigs
• 35. Human Fetal and Maternal Stress Responses
• 36. Overview of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptors and Binding Protein
• 37. Pituitary CRH and VP Receptors and their Role in Corticotroph Responsiveness During Stress
• 38. Effect of 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose-Induced Inhibition of Glucose Utilization on Nuclear All-Trans Retinoic Acid Receptor Status in Rat Liver
• 39. Mineralocorticoid Receptor-Mediated Effects on Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity are Modulated by the β-Adrenergic System
• 40. Alpha and Beta Adrenoceptor-Mediated Molecular and Electrocardiographic Responses to Emotional Stress
• 41. Stressor-Specific Activation of Catecholaminergic Systems: Clinical Demonstrations
• 42. Hypocortisolism and the Triad of Fatigue, Pain and Stress
• 43. Plasma Catecholamines, Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Response During Different Stress Stimuli in Established Essential Hypertension
• 44. Neuroendocrine Responses to Passive and Active Hyperthermia in Healthy Men
• 45. Seventh Symposium on Catecholamines and other Neurotransmitters in Stress, Smolenice Castle, Slovak Republic, June 28–July 3,1999
• Index