| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Understanding aging, fatigue, and inflammation/ by Rainer H. Straub. |
| Reminder of title: |
when the immune system and brain compete for energy in the body / |
| Author: |
Straub, Rainer H. |
| Published: |
Berlin, Heidelberg :Springer Berlin Heidelberg : : 2024., |
| Description: |
xvii, 210 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
I Energy, evolution and medicine 1 Energy and the body -- 2 Evolutionary medicine -- 3 The brain and the immune system - two competing realms -- II Energy expenditure in the spotlight 4 Inflammation and energy -- 5 Pain and energy -- 6 Psychological stress and energy -- 7 Other energy-draining situations -- 8 What does increased energy expenditure mean for the body -- III From energy and evolution to symptoms 9 Daytime tiredness and depression -- 10 Sleep disorders and symptoms related to the time of day -- 11 Loss of appetite - malnutrition and malnutrition -- 12 Muscle wasting -- 13 Bone loss - osteoporosis -- 14 Weight changes (increase and decrease) -- 15 Storage hormones (increase and decrease) 11 Loss of appetite, malnutrition and malnutrition -- 12 Muscle atrophy -- 13 Bone atrophy - osteoporosis -- 14 Weight changes (gain and loss) -- 15 The storage hormone insulin doesn't do it - insulin resistance -- 16 Dwindling libido, lower fertility -- 17 The sympathetic nervous system fires the insulin hormone. 17 Sympathetic nervous system fires and causes high blood pressure -- 18 Increased blood clotting - thromboses/embolisms -- 19 Stress worsens inflammation and inflammation changes stress resilience -- 20 The big summary: unwanted energy expenditure -- Glossary -- Appendix. |
| Contained By: |
Springer Nature eBook |
| Subject: |
Psychoneuroimmunology. - |
| Online resource: |
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68904-2 |
| ISBN: |
9783662689042 |