Marilyn Carlson Nelson

International Perspectives on Self-Regulation and Health - The Springer Series in Behavioral Psychophysiology and Medicine Marilyn Carlson Nelson 1991 edition

Marc Notes: First International Conference on Biobehavioral Self-Regulation and Health ... held at the Hawaiian Regent Hotel in Honolulu, November 18-20, 1987--Pref.; Includes index.; Includes bibliographical references. Table of Contents: 1 Introduction.- I. Cardiovascular and Central Disorders.- 2 Respiratory Mediation of Cardiac Function within a Psychophysiological Perspective.- 3 Environmental Stress and Myocardial Reactivity: Implications for Raynaud s Disease.- 4 Self-Regulation of Slow Cortical Potentials and Its Role in Epileptogenesis.- 5 Low-Dimensional Chaos in a Simple Biological Model of Neocortex: Implications for Cardiovascular and Cognitive Disorders.- II. Neuromuscular Disorders.- 6 Control of Normal and Pathologic Cognitive Functions through Neuromuscular Circuits: Applications of Principles of Progressive Relaxation.- 7 Control of Convulsions by Inhibitory and Excitatory Neurotransmitter Receptor Regulators in Epileptic El Mice and Neuromuscular Junction-Blocked Rats.- 8 Fluency Enhancement in Stutterers: Advances in Self-Regulation through Sensory Augmentation.- III. Psychoneuroimmunology.- 9 Behavior in Autoimmune Mice.- 10 Behavioral Intervention and Disease: Possible Mechanisms.- 11 Altered Immunity through Behavioral Conditioning.- IV. Pain.- 12 Opioid Analgesia and Descending Systems of Pain Control.- 13 Gate Control Theory of Pain Perception: Current Status.- 14 Behavioral-Anatomical Studies of the Central Pathways Subserving Orofacial Pain.- 15 Neuropeptides and Nociception in the Spinal Cord.- 16 Evidence for the Role of the Cerebral Cortex in Acupuncture Analgesia."Publisher Marketing: Contains material presented at the First International Conference on Biobehavioral Self-Regulation and Health held in Honolulu, November 1987. Examines cardiovascular and central nervous system disorders, neuromuscular disorders, psychoneuroimmunology, and pain. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc.

Contributor Bio:  Nelson, Marilyn Carlson Marilyn Carlson Nelson is chairman and CEO of Carlson, a global group of companies providing travel, hotel, cruise, restaurant, and marketing services, including such brands as Radisson and Regent hotels and resorts, Country Inns and Suites By CarlsonSM, Park Inn and Park Plaza hotels, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Carlson Marketing, and T. G. I. Friday's restaurants.. . Deborah Cundy, an assistant dean at the Carlson School of Management, has worked with Marilyn Carlson Nelson for nearly 20 years as a former vice president at Carlson and speech writer. She assisted Ms. Carlson Nelson in the founding of the Center for Integrative Leadership at the University of Minnesota. .