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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Robert M. Sapolsky

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers By Robert M. Sapolsky

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky

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Summary

2nd revised edition, originally published in November 1993. The author explains how the nervous system responds to stress and how this interaction can affect circulatory, immune and reproductive functions, as well as overall physical and mental health. This edition includes the latest research and information of understanding and managing stress.

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Summary

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: Guide to Stress, Stress-related Diseases and Coping by Robert M. Sapolsky

Using amusing anecdotes to present the scientific facts of stress, the author explains how the nervous system responds to stress and how stress can affect everything from digestion, circulation and cancer growth to sex, mood and aging. The new, updated version includes chapters on stress and poverty, stress and memory, stress and personality and how to cope with stress.

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Reviews

"Sapolsky is one of the best science writers of our time."--Oliver Sacks

About Robert M. Sapolsky

Robert M. Sapolsky is a MacArthur Fellow and Professor of Biological Sciences and Neuroscience at Stanford University. He is the author of "Stress, the Aging Brain, and the Mechanisms of Neuron Death "and" The Trouble with Testosterone."

Table of Contents

Why don't zebras get ulcers; glands, heart attacks and voodoo death; stress, metabolism and liquidating your assets; ulcers, colitis and the runs; dwarfism and the importance of mothers; sex and reproduction; immunity, stress and disease; stress-induced analgesia; stress and memory; ageing and death; why is psychological stress stressful?; stress and depression; personality, temperament and poor stress responses; the view from the bottom; managing stress.

Additional information

GOR001441337
9780716732105
0716732106
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: Guide to Stress, Stress-related Diseases and Coping by Robert M. Sapolsky
Robert M. Sapolsky
"Scientific American" Library
Used - Very Good
Paperback
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
1998-07-08
445
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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