Brain control of responses to trauma / edited by Nancy J. Rothwell, Frank Berkenbosch.

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1. Introduction / Nancy J. Rothwell -- 2. Responses to injury / Harry B. Stoner -- 3. Experimental approaches to the central nervous system control of responses to trauma / Roderick A. Little and Nancy J. Rothwell -- 4. Neurohormonal control of cytokines during injury / Istvan Berczi and Eva Nagy -- 5. Brain regions involved in modulation of immune responses / Brigitte Deleplanque and Pierre J. Neveu -- 6. Psychological and neurobiological consequences of trauma / Barbara O. Rothbaum and Charles B. Nemeroff -- 7. Central nervous system control of sickness behavior / Stephen Kent, Rose-Marie Bluthe, Glyn Goodall, Keith W. Kelley and Robert Dantzer -- 8. Psychological and behavioural aspects of pain / Holger Ursin, Inger M. Endresen, Anders Lund and Norma Mjellem -- 9. Central control of cardiovascular responses to injury / Emrys Kirkman and Roderick A. Little -- 10. Neuroendocrine responses to physical trauma / Frank Berkenbosch.

Originally published in 1994, this was the first volume to look in depth at the way the brain responds to trauma and subsequently integrates and influences behavioural, metabolic, neurohumoral, cardiovascular and immune functions. At the time, the role of the brain in the control and integration of the responses to injury and infection was becoming increasingly clear. It had been established that some of these responses, such as fever and neuroendocrine changes, responded to the direct influence of the central nervous system. These, and other advances, provided fresh insights into this area and formed a basis for the more effective understanding and clinical management of trauma patients. In this volume, the authors, all international authorities in their fields, discuss data from experimental and clinical studies and considered the implications of these findings for the treatment of the trauma patient.