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Title

Catecholamine function in posttraumatic stress disorder : emerging concepts / edited by M. Michele Murburg.

Publication

Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Press, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

Murburg, M. Michele, 1952-

Description

xxxi, 371 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Progress in psychiatry ; no. 42

Uniform Title

Progress in psychiatry series ; #42.

Subjects

• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic > physiopathology
• Adaptation, Psychological
• Adaptation, Physiological
• Neurophysiology
• Post-traumatic stress disorder > Pathophysiology
• Post-traumatic stress disorder > Endocrine aspects
• Catecholamines > physiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction to the Progress in Psychiatry Series / David Spiegel -- Foreword / Earl L. Giller, Jr. -- Introduction / M. Michele Murburg -- Sect. I. The Role of Catecholaminergic Systems in Stress Response Syndromes. 1. Biology of Catecholaminergic Systems and Their Relevance to PTSD / M. Michele Murburg, E. Alexandra Ashleigh, Daniel W. Hommer and Richard C. Veith. 2. Locus Coeruleus, Stress, and PTSD: Neurobiological and Clinical Parallels / Gary Aston Jones, Rita J. Valentino, Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele and Arthur T. Meyerson. 3. Altered Electrophysiology of the Locus Coeruleus Following Uncontrollable Stress: Relationship to Anxiety and Anxiolytic Action / Peter E. Simson and Jay M. Weiss. 4. Time-Dependent Change Following Acute Stress: Relevance to the Chronic and Delayed Aspects of PTSD / Seymour M. Antelman and Rachel Yehuda. 5. Stressors, the Mesocorticolimbic System, and Anhedonia: Implications for PTSD / Robert M. Zacharko.
• 6. Neurobiological Mechanisms of PTSD / Dennis S. Charney, Steven M. Southwick, John H. Krystal, Ariel Y. Deutch, M. Michele Murburg and Michael Davis -- Sect. II. Peripheral Autonomic and Catecholamine Function in PTSD. 7. Psychophysiological Studies of Combat-Related PTSD: An Integrative Review / Miles E. McFall and M. Michele Murburg. 8. Basal Sympathoadrenal Function in Patients With PTSD and Depression / M. Michele Murburg, Miles E. McFall and Richard C. Veith. 9. Stress-Induced Alterations in Plasma Catecholamines and Sympathetic Nervous System Function in PTSD / M. Michele Murburg, Miles E. McFall, Grant N. Ko and Richard C. Veith. 10. Relationship Between Catecholamine Excretion and PTSD Symptoms in Vietnam Combat Veterans and Holocaust Survivors / Rachel Yehuda, Earl L. Giller, Jr., Steven M. Southwick, Boaz Kahana, David Boisoneau, Xiaowan Ma and John W. Mason.
• 11. Plasma Norepinephrine and MHPG Responses to Exercise Stress in PTSD / Mark B. Hamner, Bruce I. Diamond and Ana Hitri. 12. Neurobiological Sequelae of Childhood Trauma: PTSD in Children / Bruce D. Perry. 13. Peripheral Adrenergic Receptors in PTSD / Bernard Lerer, Eitan Gur, Avraham Bleich and Michael Newman -- Sect. III. Central Catecholamine Function in PTSD. 14. Neurobiology of Startle Response Abnormalities in PTSD / Jeffrey L. Rausch, Mark A. Geyer, Melissa A. Jenkins, Curtis Breslin and David L. Braff. 15. Use of Tricyclics and Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors in the Treatment of PTSD: A Quantitative Review / Steven M. Southwick, Rachel Yehuda, Earl L. Giller, Jr. and Dennis S. Charney -- Sect. IV. Methodological Issues. 16. Assessment of Sympathetic Nervous System Function in PTSD: A Critique of Methodology / Richard C. Veith and M. Michele Murburg --
• Comment: Determining the Applicability of Animal Models of Stress to the Study of PTSD / Rachel Yehuda and Seymour M. Antelman -- Afterword / Matthew J. Friedman.

ISBN

088048473X (alk. paper)

LCCN

93005677

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries