Nutrients, Stress and Medical Disorders (eBook)

I. History, Methodology, and Basic Science

Stress Revisited: A Methodological and Conceptual History
Martha M. Faraday

Experimental Protocols for the Study of Stress in Animals and Humans
Carla Gambarana

Neurobiological Foundations of Stress
Michael R. Foy, Jeansok J. Kim, Tracey J. Shors, and Richard F. Thompson

The Beneficial Effects of Fruit and Vegetable Supplementation on Neuronal Signaling and Behavior in Aging: Beyond Antioxidants
J. A. Joseph, B. Shukitt-Hale, and G. Casadesus

Effects of Stress and Nutrition on Blood-Brain Barrier Functions
Akihiko Urayama and William A. Banks

II. Nutrients and Stress

Essential Fatty Acids and Stress
Shlomo Yehuda, Sharon Rabinovitz, and David I. Mostofsky

Stress, Glucocorticoids, and the Brain
R. H. DeRijk and E. R. de Kloet

Herbal Products, Stress, and the Mind
David Wheatley

Stress and Food Craving
Sharon Rabinovitz

Stress, Alcohol Consumption, and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary- Adrenal Axis
Maria M. Glavas and Joanne Weinberg

Influences on Diet and Stress Across Space and Time: A Contextual Perspective
Daniel Kim and Ichiro Kawachi

III. Health, Mental Health, and Cognitive Functions

Nutrition and Stress and the Developing Fetus
Rinat Armony-Sivan and Arthur I. Eidelman

Lipids and Depression
Basant K. Puri

Nicotine, Sleep, and Depression
Javier Velázquez-Moctezuma and René Drucker-Colín

Aggression, Fish Oil, and Noradrenergic Activity
Tomohito Hamazaki

Stress in the Pathogenesis of Eating Disorders and Obesity
Gal Dubnov and Elliot M. Berry

IV. Chronic Disorders and Inflammation

Effect of Dietary Hypercholesteremia on Host Immune Response
Roger M. Loria

Treatment of Huntington's Disease With EicosapentaenoicAcid
Basant K. Puri

Major Stressors in Women's Health: The Role of Nutrition
Adrianne Bendich and Ronit Zilberboim

Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Metabolic Syndrome X
Undurti N. Das

Dietary Management of Stress Using Amino Acid Supplements
Miro Smriga and Kunio Torii

Conditioned Nutritional Requirements of the Failing Heart
Michael J. Sole

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Neuro-Inflammation
Sophie Layé and Robert Dantzer

Pathophysiological Effects of Inflammatory Mediators and Stress on Distinct Memory Systems
Lisa A. Teather

The Interaction Between Nutrition and Inflammatory Stress Throughout the Life Cycle
Robert F. Grimble

Index