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Can meditation slow rate of cellular aging? Cognitive stress, mindfulness, and telomeres

Understanding the malleable determinants of cellular aging is critical to understanding human longevity. Telomeres may provide a pathway for exploring this question. Telomeres are the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes. The length of…

Tags: 2009, Adaptation, Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences, Backlog, Blackburn E, Cell Aging/genetics, Cognition/physiology, Daubenmier J, Epel E, Folkman S, Humans, Journal Article, Meditation, Moskowitz JT, Psychological/physiology, Psychological/physiopathology, Stress, Telomere/genetics

Salivary alpha-amylase in biobehavioral research: recent developments and applications

In the history of science, technical advances often precede periods of rapid accumulation of knowledge. Within the past three decades, discoveries that enabled the noninvasive measurement of the psychobiology of stress (in saliva) have added new…

Tags: 2007, alpha-Amylase/chemistry/metabolism/physiology, Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences, Backlog, Behavior/physiology, Biological Markers/metabolism, el-Sheikh M, Gordis EB, Granger DA, Humans, Journal Article, Kivlighan KT, Saliva/enzymology, Salivary Proteins/chemistry/metabolism/physiology, Stroud LR

Stress and the adolescent brain

During adolescence the brain shows remarkable changes in both structure and function. The plasticity exhibited by the brain during this pubertal period may make individuals more vulnerable to perturbations, such as stress. Although much is known…

Tags: 2006, Adolescent, Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences, Backlog, Biomarkers of Pain, Brain/physiology, Humans, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/physiology, Journal Article, McEwen BS, Pituitary-Adrenal System/physiology, Psychological/physiopathology, Puberty/physiology, Romeo RD, Stress

Opioid peptides endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 in the immune system in humans and in a rodent model of inflammation

Endomorphin (EM)-1 and EM-2 are tetrapeptides with high affinity and selectivity for the micro-opioid receptor. We have utilized specific radioimmunoassays to characterize EM-1 and EM-2 in immune tissues from normal human subjects and from rats with…

Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and chronic immune activation

Corticosteroids have potent immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory effects. Although corticosteroids are an important weapon in the clinical arsenal for treating inflammatory episodes, the mechanisms underlying the actions and regulation of…

Tags: 2003, Animal, Animals, Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences, Autoimmune Diseases/immunology/physiopathology, Backlog, Chover-Gonzalez AJ, Corticosterone/secretion, Disease Models, Harbuz MS, Humans, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/physiopathology, Immune System Diseases/physiopathology, Inflammation/immunology/physiopathology, Jessop DS, Journal Article, Pituitary-Adrenal System/physiopathology, Stress/immunology

Hormones and the stressed brain

The stress system orchestrates brain and body responses to the environment. Cortisol (in humans) or corticosterone (in rodents) are important mediators of the stress system. Their action-in concert-is crucial for individual differences in coping with…

Tags: 2004, Animals, Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences, Backlog, Biomarkers of Pain, Brain/pathology/physiopathology, De Kloet ER, Glucocorticoid/physiology, Hormones/physiology, Journal Article, Mineralocorticoid/physiology, Receptors, Stress/physiopathology

Psychosocial stress-induced activation of salivary alpha-amylase: an indicator of sympathetic activity?

Assessment of sympathoadrenal medullary system (SAM) activity is only possible to date via measurement of catecholamines in blood plasma or via electrophysiological methods. Both ways of measurement are restricted to endocrinological or…

An approach to longitudinal studies in a community: The Framingham Study.

1963

Tags: 1963, Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences, Backlog, Dawber TR, Heart Diseases, Journal Article, Kannel WB, Longitudinal Studies, Lyell LP

The proopiomelanocortin system in cutaneous neuroimmunomodulation. An introductory overview

1999

Tags: 1999, Animals, Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences, Backlog, Biomarkers of Pain, Humans, Journal Article, Lipton J, Luger TA, Neuroimmunomodulation/physiology, Paus R, Pro-Opiomelanocortin/physiology, Skin Physiology, Skin/immunology, Slominski A

Proopiomelanocortin and the immune-neuroendocrine connection

This presentation will cover the history, recent developments in, and implications of the ability of both the immune and neuroendocrine systems to produce POMC. The discovery of POMC in immune cells was one of the events that heralded a molecular…

Tags: 1999, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences, Backlog, Base Sequence, Biomarkers of Pain, Biomarkers Reference List, Blalock JE, Humans, Immune System/physiology, Interleukin-1/physiology, Journal Article, Molecular Sequence Data, Neuroimmunomodulation/physiology, Neurosecretory Systems/physiology, Pro-Opiomelanocortin/genetics/physiology

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