Paediatric stress: from neuroendocrinology to contemporary disorders

Stress: Neuroendocrinology and Neurobiology

Stress: Neurobiology and Neuroendocrinology

quality for a diverse collection of authors, and many of these authors are well known for their contributions to the body of AIDS research. Despite this book's high quality, it is an unusually expensive product aimed at a relatively narrow audience. A scientist who is not involved in AIDS issues would be better served by a more general and comprehensive reference. Conversely, any one particular...

The neuroendocrinology of depression and chronic stress.

This chapter will review basic and clinical studies of the social, genetic and developmental influences upon the reactivity of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis and the relationship of these to depression. Significant advances have taken place in each of these areas and it is now possible to interlink many of these areas of work. In order to do so, this chapter will be organised int...

60 YEARS OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY: Redefining neuroendocrinology: stress, sex and cognitive and emotional regulation.

The discovery of steroid hormone receptors in brain regions that mediate every aspect of brain function has broadened the definition of 'neuroendocrinology' to include the reciprocal communication between the brain and the body via hormonal and neural pathways. The brain is the central organ of stress and adaptation to stress because it perceives and determines what is threatening, as well as t...

Paediatric thyroid disorders: new insights.

random monoallelic expression. Thus, the hypothesis of non-Mendelian inheritance remains valid, and the search for other mechanisms ensues. They do not exclude a complex situation in which both Mendelian and non-Mendelian mechanisms are at play. In the clinical part of this special issue, thyroid disorders associated with well-known genetic syndromes are carefully analyzed and reviewed. First, ...