Perspectives on Behavioral Medicine. Neuroendocrine Control and Behavior

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages ix-xi
Preface, Pages xiii-xvi
1 - Toward a Conjunction of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences, Pages 1-22, DAVID A. HAMBURG
2 - Changing Concepts of Neuroendocrine Control, Pages 25-38, WILLIAM F. GANONG
3 - Stress, Corticotropin-Releasing Factor, and Behavior, Pages 39-52, GEORGE F. KOOB
4 - Brain and Pituitary Cyclic Nucleotide Response to Stress, Pages 53-70, JAMES L. MEYERHOFF, G. JEAN KANT, G. RUFUS SESSIONS, EDWARD H. MOUGEY, LEE L. PENNINGTON, ROBERT H. LENOX
5 - Neuroendocrine Response Patterns and Stress: Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Disease, Pages 71-101, REDFORD B. WILLIAMS JR.
6 - Brain Mechanisms in Effects of Social Support on Viability, Pages 103-129, EVERETT W. BOVARD
7 - The Biochemical Effects of Tactile Deprivation in Neonatal Rats, Pages 133-148, SAUL M. SCHANBERG, CYNTHIA M. KUHN
8 - Biochemical Simulation of Anxiety Stress Employing Natural and Synthetic Corticoids: Influences on Neoplastic Processes, Pages 149-182, DARREL H. SPACKMAN, M.A. FITZMAURICE, VERNON RILEY
9 - Behavioral Influences and Beta-Adrenergic Mechanisms: The Kidney and Sodium Retention, Pages 183-187, PAUL A. OBRIST, ALBERTO GRIGNOLO, JOHN P. KOEPKE, ALAN W. LANGER, KATHLEEN C. LIGHT
10 - Type A Behavior: Mechanisms Linking Behavioral and Pathophysiological Processes, Pages 189-199, DAVID C. GLASS
11 - Psychological and Endocrinological Correlates of Chronic Stress at Three Mile Island, Pages 201-217, ANDREW BAUM, MARC A. SCHAEFFER, C. RAYMOND LAKE, RAYMOND FLEMING, DANIEL L. COLLINS
Author Index, Pages 219-230
Subject Index, Pages 231-233