Stress of life
Subtitle: from molecules to man
By: edited by Peter Csermely.
Contributors: Csermely, Peter.
Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,; v. 851
Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 547
Subjects: Stress (Physiology) -- Congresses
Description: This volume explores the impact of Hans Selye's theories on stress, psychology, and physiology, including heat-shock proteins, stress response in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, plant stress, environmental stress, physiological mediators of the stress response, stress and infection, stress and aging, and psychosocial stress.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This vol. is the result of a conference, entitled Stress of life: stress and adaptation from molecules to man, which was sponsored by the International Congress of Stress and held on July 1 through 5, 1997, in Budapest, Hungary"--Contents p.