Allostasis, Homeostasis, and the Costs of Physiological Adaptation

Herausgeber: Schulkin, Jay

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 2005, this book introduces the concept of allostasis and places it within the context of traditional homeostatic regulation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781107406582
• ISBN-10: 1107406587
• Artikelnr.: 35891968

Inhaltsangabe

1. Principles of allostasis: optimal design, predictive regulation,
pathophysiology and rational therapeutics Peter Sterling; 2. Protection and
damaging effects of the mediators of stress and adaptation: allostasis and
allostatic load Bruce S. McEwen; 3. Merging of the homeostatic theory with
the concept of allostatic load David S. Goldstein; 4. Operationalizing
allostatic load Burton Singer, Carol D. Ryff and Teresa Seeman; 5. Drug
addiction and allostasis George F. Koob and Michael LeMoal; 6. Adaptive
fear and the pathology of anxiety and depression: an allostatic framework
Jeffrey B. Rosen and Jay Schulkin; 7. A chronobiological perspective on
allostasis and its application to shift work Ziad Boulos and Alan M.
Rosenwasser; 8. Allostatic load and life cycles: implications for
neuroendocrine control mechanisms John C. Wingfield; 9. Commentary:
viability as opposed to stability: an evolutionary perspective on
physiological regulation Michael L. Power.