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Psychobiology of Stress
. Ed(S): Puglisi-Allegra, Stefan; Oliverio, Alberta
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Hardback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Sorrento, Italy, August 28-September 2, 1988 Editor(s): Puglisi-Allegra, Stefan; Oliverio, Alberta. Series: NATO Science Series D:. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
NATO Science Series D:
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792306825
SKU
V9780792306825
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