M. Sapolsky, Sapolsky, Robert, M., Robert

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A distinguished primatologist explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including ulcers, colitis, heart disease, depression, and memory loss, and addresses how to combat it. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St Martin's Press
• 3rd Revised and Updated edition
• Seitenzahl: 539
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 154mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780805073690
• ISBN-10: 0805073698
• Artikelnr.: 21865687

Autorenporträt

Robert M. Sapolsky

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Why Don't Zebras Get Ulcers?
2. Glands, Gooseflesh, and Hormones
3. Stroke, Heart Attacks, and Voodoo Death
4. Stress, Metabolism, and Liquidating Your Assets
5. Ulcers, the Runs, and Hot Fudge Sundaes
6. Dwarfism and the Importance of Mothers
7. Sex and Reproduction
8. Immunity, Stress, and Disease
9. Stress and Pain
10. Stress and Memory
11. Stress and a Good Night's Sleep
12. Aging and Death
13. Why is Psychological Stress Stressful?
14. Stress and Depression
15. Personality, Temperament, and Their Stress-Related Consequences
16. Junkies, Adrenaline Junkies, and Pleasure
17. the View from the Bottom
18. Managing Stress
Notes
Index