From serendipity to clinical relevance: How clinical psychology and neuroscience converged to illuminate psychoneuroendocrinology

The field of psychoneuroendocrinology has matured and flourished as an amalgam of neuroscience, neuroendocrinology and endocrinology, immunology and psychology. Dirk Hellhammer ’ remarkable contributions and that of his many successful trainees have converged with the research interests of my laboratory – he from clinical psychology and my laboratory from cell biology, neuroscience and neuroendocrinology. Here I summarize my own path that has led to this convergence an d, in so doing, provide an overview of some molecular as well as behavioral and physiological aspect of stress psychoneuroendocrinology and the key role of glucocorticoids..
Source: Psychoneuroendocrinology - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research