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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137539103321

Autore

David A. Lovejoy

Titolo

Energy metabolism and behavior in the corticotropin-releasing factor family of peptides / / edited by James A. Carr and David A. Lovejoy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2015

Switzerland : , : Frontiers Media SA, , 2015

ISBN

9782889195374 (ebook)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (114 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Frontiers Research Topics

Disciplina

572/.43

Soggetti

Physiology

Human Anatomy & Physiology

Health & Biological Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Since Hans Selye's seminal work in the 1930's, there have been numerous advances with respect to our understanding of how the nervous and endocrine systems interact to help animals cope with stressors and how chronic stress may adversely impact health. Our modern understanding of stress essentially began in 1954 with the race to discover the hypothalamic releasing factor controlling ACTH secretion and mediating the endocrine response to stressors. Since the isolation of corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) in 1981, interest in CRF has focused not only on its hypophysiotropic function, but also its much broader role in coordinating many of the endocrine, behavioral and autonomic nervous system changes that occur during stress. The goal of this Research Topic is to solicit reviews and general research articles highlighting new research into stress and the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in the following areas: HPA axis interaction with energy regulating mechanisms during stress; and new studies on the role of CRF and urocortin and urocortins 2 and 3 in behavioral adaptation to stressors.