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Psychobiology of Stress

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Editors:
  1. Stefan Puglisi-Allegra

    1. Institute of Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology, National Research Council of Italy (C.N.R.), Rome, Italy

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  2. Alberto Oliverio

    1. Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series D: (ASID, volume 54)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Stress: Ethological Implications

    • P. R. Wiepkema
    Pages 1-13

  3. Short and Long Term Physiological and Neurochemical Adaptations to Social Conflict

    • Klaus A. Miczek, Michael L. Thompson, Walter Tornatzky
    Pages 15-30

  4. Social Behavior of the House Mouse: A Potential Model for Preclinical Studies on Stress

    • Simona Cabib, Stefano Puglisi-Allegra
    Pages 31-40

  5. A Role for Affective Neuroscience in Understanding Stress: The Case of Separation Distress Circuitry

    • Jaak Panksepp
    Pages 41-57

  6. Behavioral Effects of Manipulations of the Olfactory Environment in Developing Mice: Involvement of the Dopaminergic System

    • Francesca R. D’Amato, Simona Cabib
    Pages 59-71

  7. Order and Disorder in the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Stress Activation

    • L. Angelucci, R. Montez
    Pages 73-80

  8. Corticotropin-Releasing Factor as the Mediator of Stress Responses

    • Adrian J. Dunn, Craig W. Berridge
    Pages 81-93

  9. Psychobiology of Stress and Immune Functions

    • Pierre Mormède
    Pages 95-102

  10. Neuropeptides and Behavioural and Physiological Stress Response: The Role of Vasopressin and Related Peptides

    • B. Bohus, J. M. Koolhaas, C. Nyakas, P. G. M. Luiten, C. A. M. Versteeg, S. M. Korte et al.
    Pages 103-123

  11. Role of Prolactin in Stress-Induced Biological Modifications in Animals

    • Filippo Drago, Francesco Spadaro, Velia D’Agata, Teresa Iacona, Carmela Valerio, Rocco Raffaele et al.
    Pages 125-133

  12. Perinatal Determinant of the Pituitary-Adrenal Activity in the Adult Rat

    • F. R. Patacchioli, L. Angelucci
    Pages 135-142

  13. Counterregulation of Stress-Induced Hyperglycemia by Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone

    • Shimon Amir, Robin Pollock
    Pages 143-149

  14. Noradrenergic Receptor Mechanisms in Stress Adaptation

    • Eric A. Stone
    Pages 151-160

  15. The Effects of Acute Exposure to Stressors and Drug Grow with the Passage of Time

    • Seymour M. Antelman, Anthony R. Caggiula
    Pages 161-170

  16. Genotype-Dependent Adaptation of Brain Dopamine System to Stress

    • Stefano Puglisi-Allegra, Simona Cabib, Eliane Kempf, Alberto Oliverio
    Pages 171-182

  17. Adrenocortical and Central Monoaminergic System Responses to Different Stressful Situations in Young and Senescent Rats

    • S. Algeri, L. Biagini, P. Garofalo, M. Marconi, N. Pitsikas, G. Sacchetti
    Pages 183-190

  18. Approaches to Stress in Man — Present Knowledge and Future Research

    • Lennart Levi
    Pages 191-201

  19. Behaviour in Situations of Conflict

    • Michel Cabanac
    Pages 203-209

  20. Stress and Distress from Fluorescent Lighting

    • Arnold J. Wilkins
    Pages 211-221
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About this book

From a historical point of view the first studies on the response of the organism to stressful situations in general, and on the psychobiology of stress in particular, are probably those of Cannon and de la Paz, the physiologists who showed in 1911 that the adrenal medulla and the sympathetic system are involved in emergency situations. Cannon noted that the venous blood of cats frightened by barking dogs contained adrenaline, a response of the organism which was prevented by adrenalectomy or by section of the splanchnic nerve innervating the adrenal medulla. Cannon suggested that the adrenal medulla was acting in concert with the sympathetic nervous system, so that both systems were activated during stress. The role of the sympathetic system in response to stressful events was later emphasized by the experiments carried out by Maickel et al. (1967) and by Mason (1968): these authors clearly showed that stressors activate the sympathetic system causing it to release adrenaline and noradrenaline. This line of research may be contrasted with that carried out by Hans Selye, centered on of the adrenal cortex in the stress response. Selye's findings and theories originated the role the so-called hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal cortex (HPA) model of stress: in short, during stress adrenocorticotropic hormone is released from cells of the anterior pituitary and elicits secretion of glucocorticoids from the adrenal cortex.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology, National Research Council of Italy (C.N.R.), Rome, Italy

    Stefan Puglisi-Allegra

  • Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Alberto Oliverio

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Psychobiology of Stress

  • Editors: Stefan Puglisi-Allegra, Alberto Oliverio

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series D:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1990-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0682-5Published: 31 October 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7390-5Published: 05 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1990-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0258-123X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 256

  • Topics: Public Health, Neurosciences, Psychiatry

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