Stress, Neuropeptides, and Systemic Disease

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages xi-xiv
Preface, Pages xv-xvi, James A. McCubbin, Peter G. Kaufmann, Charles B. Nemeroff
1 - A Tale of Three Peptides: Corticotropin- Releasing Factor-, Oxytocin-, and Vasopressin-Containing Pathways Mediating Integrated Hypothalamic Responses to Stress, Pages 3-17, P.E. Sawchenko
2 - Current Concepts in Hypothalamo—Pituitary—Adrenal Axis Regulation, Pages 19-35, K. Ranga Rama Krishnan, Sanjeev Venkataraman, P. Murali Doraiswamy, Deborah A. Reed, James C. Richie
3 - Amygdala: Role in Autonomic and Neuroendocrine Responses to Stress, Pages 37-53, Thackery S. Gray
4 - Neuropeptides Involved in Stress and Their Distribution in the Mammalian Central Nervous System, Pages 55-72, Garth Bissette
5 - Neuropeptide-Mediated Regulation of the Neuroendocrine and Autonomic Responses to Stress, Pages 73-93, Marvin R. Brown
6 - Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and Autonomic—Cardiovascular Responses to Stress, Pages 95-118, Laurel A. Fisher
7 - Corticotropin-Releasing Factor, Stress, and Animal Behavior, Pages 119-148, Belinda J. Cole, George F. Koob
8 - Methods of Measuring Neuropeptides and Their Metabolism, Pages 149-177, Thomas P. Davis
9 - Stress, the Hypothalamic—Pituitary—Adrenal Axis, and Depression, Pages 181-197, James C. Ritchie, Charles B. Nemeroff
10 - Use of Neuroendocrine Tests in the Psychiatric Assessment of the Medically Ill Patient, Pages 199-217, Diana O. Perkins, Robert N. Golden, Robert A. Stern, Helen L. Miller, Dwight L. Evans
11 - The Role of Stress and Opioids as Regulators of the Immune Response, Pages 221-231, John E. Morley, Donna Benton, George F. Solomon
12 - Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptors in the Brain—Pituitary—Immune Axis, Pages 233-260, Elizabeth L. Webster, Dimitri E. Grigoriadis, Errol B. De Souza
13 - Modulation of Immunity and Neoplasia by Neuropeptides Released by Stressors, Pages 261-286, Raz Yirmiya, Shamgar Ben-Eliyahu, John C. Liebeskind, Yehuda Shavit, Robert P. Gale, Anna N. Taylor, Herbert Weiner
14 - Stress Responses and the Pathogenesis of Arthritis, Pages 287-300, E.M. Sternberg, G.P. Chrousos, R.L. Wilder, P.W. Gold
15 - Brain Peptides and Gastrointestinal Transit, Pages 303-326, Thomas F. Burks
16 - Stress, Peptides, and Regulation of Ingestive Behavior, Pages 327-339, Allen S. Levine, Charles J. Billington
17 - Peptides Derived From ACTH and the N-Terminal Region of Pro-Opiomelanocortin in the Regulation of Central Autonomic Drive, Pages 343-363, Kenneth A. Gruber, Michael F. Callahan
18 - Atrial Natriuretic Factor Systems and Experimental Hypertension, Pages 365-408, Robert E. Stewart, Richard McCarty
19 - Stress, Opioid Peptides, and Cardiac Arrhythmias, Pages 409-427, Richard L. Verrier, Daniel B. Carr
20 - The Role of Endogenous Opioids in Chronic Congestive Heart Failure, Pages 429-444, Robert P. Frantz, Chang-seng Liang
21 - Diminished Opioid Inhibition of Blood Pressure and Pituitary Function in Hypertension Development, Pages 445-466, James A. McCubbin
Index, Pages 467-485