Molecules of emotion : [electronic resource] why you feel the way you feel / Candace B. Pert ; with a foreword by Deepak Chopra.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : Scribner, c1997.Description: 368 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0684831872 (alk. paper)
- 9780684831879 (alk. paper)
- 612.8 21
- QP401 .P47 1997
- 1998 A-223
- BF 531
- 44.37
Includes bibliographical references (p. [354]-358) and index.
ch. 1. The receptor revolution : an introductory lecture -- ch. 2. Romance of the opiate receptor -- ch. 3. Peptide generation : a continued lecture -- ch. 4. Brains and ambition -- ch. 5. Life at the palace -- ch. 6. Breaking the rules -- ch. 7. The biochemicals of emotion : a continued lecture -- ch. 8. Turning point -- ch. 9. The psychosomatic network : a concluding lecture -- ch. 10. Child of the new paradigm -- ch. 11. Crossing over, coming together -- ch. 12. Healing feeling -- ch. 13. Truth.
The author, a neuroscientist, asserts "that it is our emotions and their biological components that establish the crucial link between mind and body." Further, "her findings complement existing techniques by offering a new scientific understanding of the power of our minds and our feelings to affect our health and well-being."--Jacket.
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