Neuropeptides and Stress
Proceedings of the First Hans Selye Symposium, Held in Montreal in October 1986
by Yvette Tache, John E. Morley, Marvin R. Brown, Hans Selye Foundation ยท 1989
ISBN: 0387967486 9780387967486
Category: Medical / General
Page count: 345
<i>Neuropeptides and Stress</i> presents a comprehensive survey by leading pioneers in the field of the knowledge and concepts implicating neuropeptides in the regulations of responses to stress. Topics covered include: recent advances on the regulation and modulation of the behavioral, endocrine, autonomic, gastrointestinal, immune and analgesic responses to stress by neuropeptides. Neuroanatomical and biological data are considered. Special emphasis is given to corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and opioid peptides.