Www.scielo.br/pdf/rbp/v29s1/en_a03v20s1.pdf. Psychoneuroendocrinology special issue: Is there a neurobiology of love? Psychoneuroendocrinology 1998 Nov;23(8):749-50 Introduction to psychoneuroendocrinology volume: is there a neurobiology of love? Uvnas-Moberg K, Carter CS Department of Physiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm. Kerstin.uvnas-moberg@fyka.ki.se Psychoneuroendocrinology 1998 Nov;23(8):751-64 The evolutionary antecedents to love.
Crews D Institute of Reproductive Biology, University of Texas at Austin 78712, USA. crews@mail.utexas.edu Behaviors are adaptations to the physical, biotic, and social environments. Psychoneuroendocrinology 1998 Nov;23(8):765-78 Generic aspects of primate attachments: parents, offspring and mates. We examine behavioral and physiological aspects of primate emotional attachments in the context of four relationships: infant-to-parent, parent-to-infant, and adult male-to-female and adult female-to-male in a monogamous New World species. Psychoneuroendocrinology 1998 Nov;23(8):779-818 Neuroendocrine perspectives on social attachment and love. Chc.ucsf.edu/pdf/2000_article_epel-PNE.pdf. Oxytocin enhances the experience of attachment sec... [Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2009] - PubMed result. — International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology. To build on this year’s Aging theme, we invited two internationally reknowned aging researchers whose research is relevant to hormonal regulation: Cynthia Kenyon and Elizabeth Blackburn.
Cynthia presented her groundbreaking work on the IGF-1/insulinsignaling system and how knocking out components of this system can extend longevity of worms many fold. Elizabeth, one of the discoverers of the enzyme telomerase which regulates telomeres, led a symposium and gave a broad ranging primer on how the telomere/telomerase maintenance system, known to regulate the lifespan of cells, is intricately related to human health, longevity, and, now, mental health. Steve Cole discussed his bench to bedside research, showing how closeted gay males progress to HIV related death faster, how this is mediated by the sympathetic nervous system activity, and, at the cellular level, the effects of norepinephrine on viral replication of HIV.
There was only one thing wrong with this year’s conference. R.S. Isaac Gardner | Psychoneuro.com. MGH Center for Women's Mental Health. Psychoneuroendocrinology. Psychoneuroendocrinology is the clinical study of hormone fluctuations and their relationship to human behavior. It may be viewed from the perspective of psychiatry, where in certain mood disorders, there are associated neuroendocrine or hormonal changes affecting the brain. It may also be viewed from the perspective of endocrinology, where certain endocrine disorders can be associated with psychiatric illness. Brain dysfunctions such as in the hypothalamus can affect the endocrine system, which in turn can result in psychiatric symptoms. This complex blend of psychiatry, neurology and endocrinology is needed to comprehensively understand and treat psychiatric illnesses (see neurobiological brain disorder).
Disorders[edit] Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder[edit] Postpartum Depression (PPD)[edit] Postpartum psychiatric disorders typically divided into three categories: (1) postpartum blues (2) postpartum depression and (3) postpartum psychosis. References[edit] Psychoneuroendocrinology. Meditate to improve cell health. UC DAVIS (US) — Positive psychological changes that occur during meditation training increase activity of telomerase, an enzyme important for the long-term health of cells in the body. The effect appears to be attributable to psychological changes that increase a person’s ability to cope with stress and maintain feelings of well-being, according to a new study. “We have found that meditation promotes positive psychological changes, and that meditators showing the greatest improvement on various psychological measures had the highest levels of telomerase,” says Clifford Saron, associate research scientist at the University of California, Davis.
“The take-home message from this work is not that meditation directly increases telomerase activity and therefore a person’s health and longevity,” Saron says. “Activities that increase a person’s sense of well-being may have a profound effect on the most fundamental aspects of their physiology.” More news from UC Davis: