Overview
Unique in focussing specifically on stress and immunity in space
Goes beyond other publications on the physiological changes during space flight
Adopts an interdisciplinary approach to analyze the complex interaction of living conditions in space, the immune system, and astronauts’ health
Provides information that may help to prevent, diagnose, and counteract immune-related alterations in health
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (33 chapters)
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Front Matter
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“Stress and Immunity” - Research: A Link Between Space and Earth
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Front Matter
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Stress & Immunity -research: a link between space and earth
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Stress and Immune Allostasis in Space, from Brain to Immune Responses
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Stress & Immune Allostasis in Space, from brain to immune responses
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About this book
Stress of either psychological or physical nature can activate and/or paralyse humans’ innate and adaptive immunity. However, adequate immunity is crucial to the maintenance of health on earth and in space. During space flight, human physiology and health are challenged by complex environmental stressors which might be at their most pronounced during lunar or interplanetary missions. While previous publications have addressed the physiological changes that occur during space flight, this book goes further, by adopting an interdisciplinary approach to analyze the complex interaction of living conditions in space, the immune system, and astronauts’ health. It is explained how such analysis of the consequences of stress for the immune system may help in preventing, diagnosing, and counteracting immune-related alterations in health on earth as well as in space
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Stress Challenges and Immunity in Space
Book Subtitle: From Mechanisms to Monitoring and Preventive Strategies
Editors: Alexander Chouker
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22272-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50242-6Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-22272-6Published: 20 December 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 469
Topics: Human Physiology, Medicine/Public Health, general, Immunology, Neurosciences