Thermotherapy for Neoplasia, Inflammation, and Pain

Front Matter....Pages II-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Central Organization of the Thermoregulatory System....Pages 2-11
Application of Heat and Cold: Physiological Responses and Therapeutic Implications....Pages 12-26
Cerebral Regulation of Thirst....Pages 28-38
Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Responses to Cold and Dehydration Stress....Pages 39-42
Differential Activation of Nitrergic Hypothalamic Neurons by Heat Exposure and Dehydration....Pages 43-62
Thermoregulation as Survival Mechanism in Individuals and Species: Mutual Control of Body Temperature, Ingestion, and Reproduction in the Hypothalamus....Pages 63-67
Merits of Diluted Sweat with Training on Arterial Pressure and Body Temperature Regulation in Heat Stress....Pages 68-73
Thermal Stress and Water Supplementation....Pages 74-80
Adaptive Changes in Sweat Gland Function....Pages 81-87
Protective Measures Against Solar Radiant Heat and Ultraviolet Irradiation....Pages 88-94
Central and Peripheral Control of Sweating Mechanisms: Modifications by Thermal Acclimatization and Physical Training....Pages 95-106
Global Warming and Deaths from Heat Stroke....Pages 107-110
Tackling Cold Stress....Pages 112-117
Brown Adipose Tissue and Nonshivering Thermogenesis in Stressful States....Pages 118-126
Diurnal and Seasonal Reactivity Patterns of Chemical Transmission in the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei and Other Brain Entities Related to Hibernation....Pages 127-137
Induced Hypothermia in Cardiovascular and Brain Surgery....Pages 138-145
Postanesthetic Shivering....Pages 146-151
Sympathetic Adjustment of Cardiovascular Control and Thermoregulation in Humans Exposed to Heat Stress....Pages 154-158
Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity During Acute Increase in Core Temperature in Humans....Pages 159-165
Sympathetic Control of Sweating and Cutaneous Active Vasodilatation....Pages 166-181
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Lesions of the Central Nervous System and Sudomotor Impairments....Pages 182-191
The Rat Tail as a Model Organ for Peripheral Vasodilation....Pages 192-199
Concept of Selective Brain Cooling and Its Implication....Pages 200-206
Selective Brain Cooling in Mammals: General and Regional Modes of Operation....Pages 207-214
The Role of Juvenile Thermoregulatory Thermogenesis in the Development of Normal Energy Balance or Obesity....Pages 215-225
Endocrine Responses to Heat and Cold Stress....Pages 228-241
Thermal Stress and Immunity....Pages 242-251
Autonomic and Neuroendocrine Modulation of Cellular Immunity....Pages 252-257
Exercise and Immunity....Pages 258-265
Changes in Immune Activities by Heat Stress....Pages 266-270
Autonomic and Endocrine Adjustments in Fever....Pages 271-279
Adaptive Changes in the Sympathetic Nervous and Endocrine Systems During Fever Induced by Interleukin-1β in Conscious Rats: Potential Neural Mechanism....Pages 280-289
Neuroanatomy of Fever: Localization of Cytokine and Prostaglandin Systems in the Brain....Pages 290-299
Temperature Homeostasis and Redox Homeostasis....Pages 300-312
Fever and Related Host Defense Responses....Pages 313-320
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Stress Response: Overview....Pages 322-326
Induction of Heat-Shock Proteins and Their Biological Functions....Pages 328-334
Fundamental Aspects of Hyperthermia on Cellular and Molecular Levels....Pages 335-345
Learning from Bacteria: Molecular Chaperones in Ribosomes and Thermophilic Adaptation....Pages 346-354
Molecular Chaperone and Folding: Lessons from Heat Shock Protein Research....Pages 355-360
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Modifications of Stress Response in Mammalian Cells Incubated at Low Temperature, Thermotolerant Cells, and Neuronal Cells During Differentiation....Pages 361-370
Mammalian 105-kDa Heat-Shock Protein HSP105 and Its Biological Function....Pages 371-381
Induction of Heat-Shock Proteins in Ischemic Heart and Myocardial Protection....Pages 382-391
Theoretical and Experimental Basis of Hyperthermia....Pages 394-407
Thermal Responses of Microcirculation and Modification of Tumor Blood Flow in Treating the Tumors....Pages 408-419
Heat Inactivation of DNA-Dependent Protein Kinase: Possible Mechanism of Hyperthermic Radiosensitization....Pages 420-423
Recent Aspects of Elucidating the Cellular Basis of Thermochemotherapy....Pages 424-432
Effects of Hyperthermia-Induced Changes in pH Value on Tumor Response and Thermotolerance....Pages 433-438
Enhancement of Hyperthermic Effects Using Rapid Heating....Pages 439-444
Molecular and Cellular Factors Determining Cell Susceptibility to Heat Shock....Pages 445-450
Enhancement of Cytotoxic Effects of Chemotherapeutic Agents with Hyperthermia In Vitro....Pages 451-455
Radiofrequency Hyperthermia Alone in the Palliative Treatment of Mucinous Carcinomatosis: Optimizing and Monitoring Heat Delivery....Pages 456-462
Cancer Gene Therapy in Conjunction with Hyperthermia Under the Control of Heat-Inducible Promoter....Pages 464-470
Current Status of Clinical Hyperthermic Oncology in Japan....Pages 471-479
Physiology and Psychology in Hyperthermic Oncology: Contribution of Clinical Oncologists in the Development of Heating of Deep-Seated Tumors....Pages 480-483
Front Matter....Pages 485-485
Clinical Usefulness of Long-Term Thermohydrotherapy (Balneotherapy)....Pages 486-494
Combined Radon and Heat Exposure for Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases: A Clinical Approach....Pages 495-503
Thermonociception: Sensory and Modulatory Mechanisms in Pathological Conditions....Pages 504-513
Regulation of Efferent Functions of C-Fiber Nociceptors....Pages 514-522
Pathogenesis and New Strategies in Rheumatoid Arthritis....Pages 523-526
Front Matter....Pages 485-485
Thermotherapy of Pain, Trauma, and Inflammatory and Degenerative Rheumatic Diseases....Pages 527-539
Back Matter....Pages 540-550