Hormesis A Revolution in Biology, Toxicology and Medicine /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mattson, Mark P. (Editor), Calabrese, Edward J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Neurosciences.; Toxicology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Molecular Medicine.; Human Physiology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-495-1

Hormesis is defined as any circumstance in which exposure of a cell or organism to a low dose of a substance or condition results in an adaptive stimulatory/beneficial outcome, while exposure to a high dose results in an inhibitory / detrimental outcome. When plotted on a graph the shape of the dose...

Table of Contents:

• What is Hormesis and Why Does it Matter?
• The Biphasic Dose Response in Toxicology and Environmental Policy
• The Fundamental Role of Hormesis in Evolution
• Protein Chaperones and the Adaptive Stress Response
• Transcriptional Mediators of Cellular Hormesis
• Exercise Hormesis
• Diet, Hormesis and Health
• Hormesis and Aging
• Couch Potato: the Antithesis of Hormesis
• Drug Development and Hormesis
• The Future of Hormesis in Biomedical Research and Health Care.