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Understanding aging, fatigue, and inflammation [electronic resource] : when the immune system and brain compete for energy in the body / Rainer H. Straub.

In this scientific non-fiction book, Rheumatologist and Professor of Experimental Medicine Rainer H. Straub holistically explains a central conflict in the body: why the battle for energy leads to aging and fatigue, stress, sleep disorders, weight problems, libido issues, and hypertension. He explor...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Straub, Rainer H.
Other title:Altern, Müdigkeit und Entzündungen verstehen. English
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Berlin : Springer, 2024.
Subjects:
Psychoneuroimmunology.
Immune system > Aging.
Nervous system > Aging.
Age factors in disease.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • I Energy, Evolution and Medicine
  • 1 Energy and Body
  • 1.1 The Pfühlbach and the Dispute
  • 1.2 Of Reservoirs and Bicycle Dynamos
  • 1.3 Stories of Thermos Flasks
  • 1.4 What is Vital Force?
  • 1.5 The Human Body-An Open System
  • 1.6 CAEN ("Controllable Amount of Energy") or How Much Energy Does the Body Need?
  • 1.7 The Big Three
  • 1.8 Why We Store Energy-Fever, Tour de France and Newborns
  • 1.9 How Much Energy Do We and Our Ancestor Australopithecus Store?
  • 1.10 Sweet Tooth-Brain, Muscles, and Immune System
  • 1.11 Food Search Prior to Energy Storage
  • 1.12 Neuronal Factors and Hormones of Energy Storage
  • 1.13 A Little Lesson on Stress Hormones
  • 1.14 A Brief Lesson on Immune Messengers
  • 1.15 Stress Hormones and Cytokines Release Energy
  • 1.16 A New Look at the CAEN ("Controllable Amount of Energy")
  • In a nutshell
  • References
  • 2 Evolutionary Medicine
  • 2.1 Darwin, Wallace & Co.-Simultaneity of a Discovery
  • 2.2 Darwinian Evolution-Species and Selection
  • 2.3 Darwinian Evolution-Modern Additions
  • 2.4 Chickens from Behind
  • 2.5 Founder Effect in Canada, Lactose Intolerance and Fat Babies
  • 2.6 The Selfish Brain
  • 2.7 The Selfish Immune System
  • 2.8 When Two Fight ...
  • In a nutshell
  • References
  • 3 Brain and Immune System-Two Competing Realms
  • 3.1 Energy Release-Competing Role of Brain and Immune System
  • 3.2 Energy Release-Mutual Immediate Assistance
  • 3.3 Energy Storage-Memory Function of Brain and Immune System
  • 3.3.1 Brain's Memory
  • 3.3.2 Immune System Memory-Tetanus and So On
  • 3.3.3 Foreign Antigen, Autoantigen and Memory
  • In a nutshell
  • References
  • II Energy Expenditure in the Spotlight
  • 4 Inflammation and Energy
  • 4.1 Historical Definition of Inflammation
  • 4.2 Inflammation Strength: Rose Thorn, Rheumatism, and Sepsis
  • 4.3 Inflammation Causes Increased Energy Expenditure
  • In a nutshell
  • References
  • 5 Pain and Energy
  • 5.1 The Pain Receptors and Pain Stabilization
  • 5.2 Inflammation Causes Pain-The Sixth Sense
  • 5.3 When the Muscle Becomes Acidic, It Hurts
  • 5.4 Heat, Cold, and Pepper-Where Does It Reach the Brain?
  • 5.5 Acute and Chronic Pain
  • 5.6 Electric Shock, Pain, and Energy Expenditure
  • 5.7 Heat, Cold and Energy Expenditure
  • In a nutshell
  • References
  • 6 Psychological Stress and Energy
  • 6.1 What is Stress?
  • 6.2 Acute Stress-Sport as a Model
  • 6.3 Chronic Stress is Unhealthy
  • 6.4 Chronic Stress at Work
  • 6.5 Stressful Double Hits
  • 6.6 Psychological Stress Causes Increased Energy Expenditure
  • 6.7 Dementia and Heart Disease Increase Energy Expenditure
  • In a Nutshell
  • References
  • 7 Other Energy-Consuming Situations
  • 7.1 Sleep Problems-Sleep Apnea
  • 7.2 Chronic Smoldering Infections
  • 7.3 Fear and Anxiety
  • 7.4 6 Cigarettes per Day

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