Mechanisms of Stress and Emotion: Neuroendocrine Based Studies: Proceedings of the 18th University of Occupational and Environmental Health International Symposium, Kitakyushu, 8-1 Book

	Preface
	Introductory lecture
	Oxytocin and vasopressin influence the traits of monogamy and the activity of the HPA axis	3
	Variations in maternal care and the development of stress responses	11
	Cold stress and its implications for thyroid and reproductive physiology: molecular and behavioral data	29
	Neuroendocrine stress mechanisms regulating ACTH and oxytocin in pregnancy	33
	Work stress, coping behavior and health effect	53
	Learning, memory and endocrine studies on stress	65
	Neurochemical mechanisms of the onset process of psychosomatic disorders	71
	Role of amino acid receptors in neuroendocrine responses to emotional stress	81
	Mild chronic stress recruits brain pathways including the hypothalamic ventromedial nuclei	93
	Stress and immune system	105
	Dynamic control of HPA function and its contribution to adaptive plasticity of the stress response	111
	Neuroendocrine modulation of ethanol ingestion	129
	CCK and CCK-A receptors in the control of feeding behavior	141
	Role of nitric oxide and carbon monoxide in modulating the response of the rat hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis to immune challenges	155
	Histamine neuron-driven energy metabolism modulated by leptin	165
	Plasma IL-6 and its pyrogenicity during noninflammatory stress	173
	Low serum cholesterol and the depressive state	179
	Responses and adaptations of the magnocellular neuroendocrine system to stress	185
	Nitric oxide modulation of body fluid and blood pressure homeostases during stress	199
	Separation of neural pathways mediating HPA axis responses to emotional and physical stressors	213
	Neurophysiology of neuroendocrine responses to humoral, cardiovascular and circadian stressors	223
	Day-night changes in responses to osmotic stress	231
	Osmotic stress and cardiovascular-related peptides	247
	Enhancement in the synthesis and release of calcitonin gene-related peptide and endothelin-1 in the hypoxic rat carotid body artery	259
	Effects of cytokines on the noradrenaline transporter in cultured bovine adrenal medullary cells	263
	Induction of antioxidant proteins in rats under conditions of chronic hypoxia	265
	Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) in the rat ovary	269
	Selective expression of HSP70-1 gene in the adrenal cortex after whole-body hyperthermia	273
	Characterization of a P-type copper-stimulated ATPase from mouse liver	277
	Roles of prostaglandins in the AV3V mediated by catecholamine-independent mechanisms	279
	Immobilization stress increases masseter muscle excitability in the rat	283
	Melatonin and stress-related inhibition of luteinizing hormone release in female rats	285
	Suramin impairs neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to conditioned fear stimuli	289
	Increases in arterial blood pressure and heart rate produced by micro-injection of antisense nNOS oligonucleotide into the nucleus tractus solitarii	293
	Influences of chronic immobilization stress on daily rhythms in rats	297
	Regional blood flow during the activation of the nucleus tractus solitarius	301
	Alterations of amino acid receptor-mediated responses by neuronal injury	305
	Reduced interleukin-1[beta] reactivity in the immune system and the central nervous system of inbred polydipsic mice	307
	Chronic stress-induced immunosuppression during Listeria monocytogenes infection	311
	Effects of anterior hypothalamic lesioning on the late asthmatic response	315
	Effects of physical training on physical fitness (VO[subscript 2]max), plasma catecholamine concentrations and natural killer cell activity	319
	Sweat gland function to acetylcholine applied iontophoretically in tropical compared to temperate Koreans	329
	Muscle contraction of the flexor and extensor muscles during ballistic finger extension movement in human	333
	Peripheral sudomotor mechanisms responsible for elevated postexercise sweating response	337
	Aggression and NK cell activity in a Japanese work setting	341
	Stress and oxidative DNA damage in workers with heavy workloads	345
	Working hours and cardiovascular-autonomic nervous function	349
	The influence of clinical symptoms and biochemical variables on emotional reaction of rheumatoid arthritis patients	351
	Index of authors	355
	Keyword index	357