Deriving from the Seventh Symposium on Catecholamines and other Neurotransmitters in Stress, Smolenice Castke, Slovenia, this book presents some of the latest research into stress, focusing on catecholamines and other neurotransmitter molecules. Topics covered include: *Central influences on the stress response *Peripheral influences on the stress response *Molecular regulation during stress *Neural-endocrine-immune interactions *Stress during development and aging *Stress hormone receptors *Clinical aspects of stress. Stress: Neural, Endocrine and Molecular Studies is particularily suitable for graduates and researchers in the disciplines of neuroscience, endocrinology, medicine, immunology, cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, pharmacology and stress research.