The end of stress as we know it
| Main Author: | McEwen, Bruce S. |
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| Other Authors: | Lasley, Elizabeth Norton. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Washington, D.C. :
Joseph Henry Press,
[2002]
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| Physical Description: |
xii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- A new way to look at stress
- The stress response-or how we cope
- Stress and the emotional connection
- Allostatic load: when protection gives way to damage
- Stress and the cardiovascular system
- Stress and the immune system
- Stress and the brain
- How not to be stressed out
- Positive health
- Where we could go from here
- Appendix: Chemical messengers of allostasis, their receptors, and their protective and damaging effects.