The Biological Basic for Mind Body Interactions

by Mayer, Emeran A.; Saper, C. B.

• ISBN13: 9780444500496
• ISBN10: 0444500499
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd

Summary

The current volume focuses on several key aspects of mind/brain/body interactions in health and disease, including specific examples of interactions between body and brain, mechanisms underlying the response of the system to stressors, the role of early life events in permanently biasing the responsiveness of the system and practical implications of mind body interactions in human disease. The volume on Biological Basis for Mind Body Interactions is organized into 6 major sections, each dealing with a unique aspect of the general topic: After establishing the relationship between mind, brain and emotions, the first section deals with general neurobiological aspects mediating the effect of stress on various organ systems, including the immune and cardiovascular system. The second section covers the topic of how early life stressor can permanently alter responsiveness of the nervous system in animals and in man. The third section deals with influences of the internal environment, mediated by neuroendocrine and visceral afferent pathways on the CNS. The fourth section which deals with influences of body on the brain, focuses on mechanisms involved in perception and modulation of pain. The fifth section deals with influences of the mind/brain on the body, with an emphasis on central and peripheral mechanisms of autonomic control of body functions. The last section deals with a series of practical issues of mind body treatments, including acupuncture, breathing, body work and meditation. In addition, issues such as cost effectiveness and research aspects are discussed. Authors in this last section frequently refer to topics and mechanisms addressed in the early sections, making it a truly integrated volume.The unique aspect of the volume is the integration of state of the art research information on biological and practical aspects of mind/brain/body interactions. It is based on the beliefs of the editors and participants that the traditional separation of mind and body in research and in treatment of human disease is obsolete and needs to be replaced with a new unifying paradigm. Ironically, this evolving paradigm shares many similarities with ancient pre-Cartesian paradigms of health and disease.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	v
Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
I. Introduction
Minding the mind	3	(8)
E.A. Mayer
C.B. Saper
II. Relationship between mind, brain and emotions
Topography and relationships of mind and brain	11	(14)
B.A. Vogt
O. Devinsky
III. The neurobiology of the stress response
Protective and damaging effects of stress mediators: central role of the brain	25	(10)
B.S. McEwen
Interactions between the immune and neuroendocrine systems	35	(8)
E.M. Sternberg
Depression really does hurt your heart: stress, depression and cardiovascular disease	43	(18)
D.L. Musselman
C.B. Nemeroff
Circuits and mechanisms governing hypothalamic responses to stress: a tale of two paradigms	61	(20)
P.E. Sawchenko
H.-Y. Li
A. Ericsson
IV. Early life experiences and the developing brain
Long-term behavioral and neuroendocrine adaptations to adverse early experience	81	(24)
C.O. Ladd
R.L. Huot
K.V. Thrivikraman
C.B. Nemeroff
M.J. Meaney
P.M. Plotsky
Neurobiological correlates of defensive behaviors	105	(12)
V.P. Bakshi
S.E. Shelton
N.H. Kalin
Effects of perinatal pain and stress	117	(14)
K.J.S. Anand
Early life abuses in the past history of patients with gastrointestinal tract and pelvic floor dysfunctions	131	(28)
G. Devroede
V. Influences of the internal environment on the brain
Responses of afferent neurons to the contents of the digestive tract, and their relation to endocrine and immune responses	159	(14)
J.B. Furness
N. Clerc
The controls of eating: brain meanings of food stimuli	173	(14)
G.P. Smith
Effects of nutrients on brain function	187	(8)
T.J. Maher
The evolving neurobiology of gut feelings	195	(14)
E.A. Mayer
B. Naliboff
J. Munakata
VI. Influences of the body on the brain
Integration of viscerosomatic sensory input at the spinal level	209	(14)
R.D. Foreman
The medial pain system, cingulate cortex, and parallel processing of nociceptive information	223	(14)
B.A. Vogt
R.W. Sikes
Pain as a visceral sensation	237	(8)
C.B. Saper
Pain modulation: expectation, opioid analgesia and virtual pain	245	(10)
H.L. Fields
Mechanisms of analgesia produced by hypnosis and placebo suggestions	255	(18)
D.D. Price
J.J. Barrell
The role of vagal visceral afferents in the control of nociception	273	(18)
W. Janig
S.G. Khasar
J.D. Levine
F.J.-P. Miao
VII. The influence of brain and mind on the body
Affect, cognition, the immune system and health	291	(18)
M.E. Kemeny
T.L. Gruenewald
Memory networks in the prefrontal cortex	309	(8)
J.M. Fuster
Non-conscious brain processing indexed by psychophysiological measures	317	(16)
D. Tranel
Brain mediation of active and passive emotional coping	333	(18)
R. Bandler
J.L. Price
K.A. Keay
Specificity in the organization of the autonomic nervous system: a basis for precise neural regulation of homeostatic and protective body functions	351	(18)
W. Janig
H.-J. Habler
The impact of emotions on the heart	369	(12)
R.L. Verrier
M.A. Mittleman
Neural influence on immune responses: underlying suppositions and basic principles of neural-immune signaling	381	(12)
D.L. Felten
VIII. Practical use of mind-body interactions in medicine
The cost-effectiveness of mind-body medicine interventions	393	(20)
D.S. Sobel
Towards an integrative model of irritable bowel syndrome	413	(12)
B.D. Naliboff
L. Chang
J. Munakata
E.A. Mayer
Bridging the gap between mind and body: do cultural and psychoanalytic concepts of visceral disease have an explanation in contemporary neuroscience?	425	(20)
N.W. Read
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): epidemiology and implications for research	445	(12)
D.L. Diehl
D. Eisenberg
Biological mechanisms of acupuncture	457	(22)
D.J. Mayer
Intricate tactile sensitivity: a key variable in western integrative bodywork	479	(12)
D.H. Johnson
The science of breathing - the yogic view	491	(16)
R. Sovik
Exploring the nature and functions of the mind: A Tibetan Buddhist meditative perspective	507	(10)
L. Rapgay
V.L. Rinpoche
R. Jessum
Index	517