Front Cover; Neuroendocrine Control and Behavior; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Toward a Conjunction of Biomedicai and Behavioral Sciences; The Burden of Illness; Collaboration; The Emergence of Behavioral Biology; Cardiovascular Diseases; Biobehavioral Science and Disease Prevention in Adolescence; Health and Behavior in Aging; Differential Susceptibility to Disease; A Model of Coping Behavior; Broadening the Spectrum of Health Research and Education; References; PART I: BASIC MECHANISMS; Chapter 2. Changing Concepts of Neuroendocrine Control

IntroductionHypothalamic Hormones; Control of Hypophysiotropic Hormone Secretion; Chemical Messengers that Are both Neurotransmitters and Hormones; Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Stress, Corticotropin-Releasing Factor, and Behavior; The Stress Response; Behavioral Effects of ACTH; Direct Neurotropic Actions of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor; Summary; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. Brain and Pituitary Cyclic Nucleotide Response to Stress; Introduction; Experiment I: Comparison of Responses to Forced Immobilization versus Cold Exposure; Experiment II: 15-Minute Immobilization

Experiment III: Effect of Locomotor Activity on Brain Regional Cyclic NucleotidesExperiment IV: The Time Course of Cerebellar Cyclic GMP Response to Locomotor Activity; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Neuroendocrine Response Patterns and Stress: Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Disease; Introduction; Physiological Response Patterns and Behavioral Challenge; Pathophysiological Consequences of Neuroendocrine Responses to Stress; Neuroendocrine and Autonomie Responses as Determinants of Behavior; Implications for Treatment; Summary and Conclusions; References

Chapter 6. Brain Mechanisms in Effects of Social Support on ViabilityEffects of Social Relationships; Hypothalamic Mechanism; Amygdaloid Mediation; References; PART II: APPLIED PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; Chapter 7. The Biochemical Effects of Tactile Deprivation in Neonatal Rats; References; Chapter 8. Biochemical Simulation of Anxiety Stress Employing Natural and Synthetic Corticoids: Influences on Neoplastic Processes; Introduction; Materials, Methods, and Assay Procedures; Results; Discussion; Summary; Acknowledgments; References

Chapter 9. Behavioral Influences and Beta-Adrenergic Mechanisms: The Kidney and Sodium RetentionIntroduction; Survey of Experiments; References; Chapter 10. Type A Behavior: Mechanisms Linking Behavioral and Pathophysiological Processes; Psychological Stress and Coronary Heart Disease; Type A Behavior and Coronary Heart Disease; Pattern A as a Psychological Construct; Conclusions; References; Chapter 11. Psychological and Endocrinological Correlates of Chronic Stress at Three Mile Island; Stress; Sources of Stress at Three Mile Island; Field Study of Chronic Stress at Three Mile Island