Mary F. Morrison (ed.)

Hormones, Gender and the Aging Brain

The Endocrine Basis of Geriatric Psychiatry
Herausgeber: Mary F., Morrison; Morrison, Mary F.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This clinical reference addresses the hormonal basis of mental disorders in older people.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 655g
• ISBN-13: 9780521041737
• ISBN-10: 0521041732
• Artikelnr.: 23042908

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Overview: 1.
Summary chapter. The endocrine basis of geriatric psychiatry: an
integrative approach John E. Morley; 2. Overview of steroids in the aging
brain Loretta M. Flanagan-Cato; Part II. Hormones and Mental Health in the
Elderly: 3. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in aging: preclinical
and clinical studies John W. Kasckow, Thomas D. Geracioti Jr, Marta
Pisarska, Ajit Regmi, Dewleen G. Baker and James J. Mulchahey; 4. The
hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis Gabriel K. Tsuboyama; 5. Estrogen and
depression in aging women Mary F. Morrison and Kathryn Tweedy; 6. The role
of testosterone in male depression Stuart N. Seidman and Steven P. Roose;
7. Dehydroepiandrosterone in aging and mental health Owen M. Wolkowitz,
Patricia D. Kroboth, Victor I. Reus and Tanya J. Fabian; 8. Sex hormones,
cognition and dementia in the elderly Kristine Yaffe; 9. Effects of
estrogen on basal forebrain cholinergic neurons and cognition: implications
for brain aging and dementia in women Robert B. Gibbs; 10. Gender and
schizophrenia Laurie A. Lindamer, M. Jackuelyn Harris, Julie Akiko Gladsjo,
Robert Heaton, Jane S.Paulsen, Shelley C. Heaton and Dilip V. Jeste; 11.
Sex steroids and anxiety disorders Teresa A. Pigott; 12. Gender and
hormonal factors in pain and pain inhibition Wendy F. Sternberg; Part III.
Effects of Hormones and Behavior on Immune Function: 13. Estrogens, stress
and psychoneuroimmunology in women over the lifespan Mary H. Burleson,
Susan Robinson-Whelan, Ronald Glaser and Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser; 14.
Gender differences in immune function at the cellular level Eva Redei and
Suresh G. Shelat; Part IV. Hormones and Gender Differences in Psychotropic
Drug Metabolism: 15. Gender differences in psychotropic drug metabolism
Bruce G. Pollock; 16. The influence of progesterone on the pharmacokinetics
and pharmacodynamics of gamma-aminobutyric acid-active drugs Patricia D.
Kroboth and James W. McAuley; Index.