Please find below a sampling of books and articles authored by Dr. Sternberg.

 

Books

Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well Being, by Esther M. Sternberg, M.D.; Harvard University Press; May 2009

Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well Being

The Balance Within: The Science Connecting Health & Emotions, by Esther M. Sternberg, M.D.; W.H. Freeman & Co.; May 2000; Paperback 2001 Times Books/Henry Holt

The Balance Within: The Science Connecting Health & Emotions

 

Selected Edited Books

Neuroendocrine and Neural Regulation of Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disease. Molecular, Systems, and Clinical Insights. Eds. EM Sternberg, FC Haour, CC Smith. Annals N.Y. Acad. Sci., Vol. 992 New York, N.Y., 2003.
Handbook of Psychophysiology, 3rd Edition. Eds. J Cacioppo, L Tassinary and G Berntson; EM Sternberg: Section Editor, Cellular and Humoral Systems. MIT Press. 2006.
Neural and neuroendocrine mechanisms in host defense and autoimmunity. Eds. J Welsh, M Meagher and EM Sternberg. Kluwer Press, 2006.
Glucocorticoids and Mood. Eds. L Judd and EM Sternberg. Annals N.Y. Acad. Sci., New York, N.Y., 2009.

 

Book and Movie Reviews

"A Compassionate Universe?" by E.M. Sternberg (Invited book review of "The Universe in a Single Atom: The convergence of science and spirituality" by the XIV Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso). Science, 311(5761):611-612, 2006.
"It's a Wrap." by E.M. Sternberg (movie review) Science, 308:1415, 2005.
"Lobster Tales." by E.M. Sternberg (book review) Science, 305:1914, 2004.
"Piecing Together a Puzzling World." by E.M. Sternberg (movie review) Science. 2001 Vol. 292: 1661-1662.
"Unexpected Effects." by E.M. Sternberg (book review) 1998 Science 280:1901-1902.

 

Chapters and Review Articles

"Mind body and effect of emotions on physical health: The power of emotions on the immune system." Marques, AH & Sternberg, EM., National Geographic, Spain, 2010.
"Evaluation of the Stress- related system applying non-invasive methodologies: Salivary cortisol, Heart Rate Variability and Measurements of Neuroimmune Biomarkers in Sweat." Marques, AH, Silverman, MN, Sternberg, EM. Neuroimmunomodulation 17(3):205-8, 2010.
"Endocrine, Neural and Immune Correlates of Fatigue." Silverman, MN, Heim CM, Nater, U, Marques, A and Sternberg, EM. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2010.
"Glucocorticoid Dysregulations and their Clinical Correlates: From Receptors to Therapeutics." Marques, AH, Silverman, MN, Sternberg, EM. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences. 2009 Oct;1179:1-18 in: Glucocorticoids and Mood. Eds. L Judd and EM Sternberg. Annals N.Y. Acad. Sci., New York, N.Y., 2009.
"In Search of the Immunological Homunculus: Neural Concomitants of Inflammation--Focus on the Vagus Nerve." Thayer, JF & Sternberg EM. NeuroImage Sep;47(3):908-10, 2009.
"The role of glucocorticoids and progestins in inflammatory, autoimmune, and infectious disease." Tait AS, Butts C, and Sternberg EM. J Leukoc Biol: 84(4):924-31, 2008.
"Neuroendocrine factors alter host defense by modulating immune function." Butts CL, Sternberg EM. Cellular Immunology, 252: 7-15, 2008.
"Neuroendocrinology of Inflammatory Disorders. In The Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis, Neuroimmune Biology." Webster Marketon, JI & Sternberg, EM. (ed. A. del Rey, G. Chrousos and H.O. Besedovsky) Elsevier, Volume 7, Chapter 17 pp. 321-350, 2008.
"The Biology of Positive Emotions". A. Marques-Deak and E.M. Sternberg, in The Science of Altruism and Health: Is it Good to be Good? Ed. Stephen G. Post, Oxford University Press, p.458, 2007.
"The Neuroendocrine System and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Insights from Anti-TNF Therapy." E.M. Sternberg, M.N. Silverman and G. Cizza J. Rheumatol. 34:1443-1445 (invited Editorial) 2007.
"Neural regulation of innate immunity: a coordinated non-specific host response to pathogens." E.M. Sternberg Nature Rev. Immunol., (invited review) 6(4):318-28, 2006.
"Neuroscience and Architecture: Seeking Common Ground." E.M. Sternberg and M. Wilson (invited Leading Edge Commentary), Cell 127:239-242, 2006.
"Brain-immune interactions and disease susceptibility." A. Deak and E.M. Sternberg Mol. Psychiatry 1-12, 2005.
"The neuroendocrine system and rheumatoid arthritis: focus on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis." H. Gorby and E.M. Sternberg in: Psychoneuroimmunology, 4th edition. Eds: R. Ader, and N. Cohen. Academic Press, San Diego, Vol. 1, pp. 193-216, 2007.
"Neuroendocrine immune interactions: Principles and relevance to systemic lupus erythematosus." C. Butts and E.M. Sternberg in: Dubois' Lupus Erythematosus, Seventh Edition, Eds. J.J. Wallace, B.H. Hahn, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, pp. 286-298, 2007.
"Neuroendocrine Regulation of Immunity", by J.I. Webster, L.H. Tonelli, E.M. Sternberg. Annual Review of Immunology. 2002. 20:125-163
"The Mind-Body Interaction in Disease" by E.M. Sternberg and P.W. Gold; Scientific American, Special Edition: The Hidden Mind, 2002 v. 12 (1), pp: 82-29.
"Emotions and disease: from balance of humors to balance of molecules" by E.M. Sternberg Nature Medicine 3(3):264-267, 1997

 

Selected Original Scientific Articles

"The Effects of the Physical Work Environment on Circadian Variations in Heart Rate Variability and the Morning Rise in Cortisol." Thayer JF, Verkuil B, Brosschot JF, Christie I , West A, Sterling C, Abernethy D, Cizza G, Marques AH, Phillips T, Heerwagen J, Kampschroer K, Sollers, JJ & Sternberg EM. (in press, European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation).
"Progesterone effects on regulating uterine dendritic cell function vary depending on stage of rodent estrus cycle." Butts CL, Candando K, Belyavskaya E, Warfel J, D'Agnillo F, Sternberg EM (2010) (in press, Mucosal Immunology, a Nature Publishing Group journal).
"Flow cytometry as a measurement of steroid hormone receptor protein expression in leukocytes." Butts CL, and E.M. Sternberg. Methods in Molecular Biology The Nuclear Receptor Superfamily: 505: 35-50, 2009.
"Elevated Neuroimmune Biomarkers in Swear Patches and Plasma of Premenopausal Women with Major Depressive Disorder in Remission: the Power Study." Cizza G, Marques AH, Eskandari F, Christie IC, Torvik S, Silverman MN, Phillips TM and E.M. Sternber. Biol Psychiatry. 64(10):907-911, 2008.
"Inhibitory effects of progesterone differ in dendritic cells from male and female rodents." Butts CL, Shukair SA, Bowers E, Horn JC, Belyavskaya E, Tonelli L, and E.M. Sternberg. Gender Medicine, 5 (4): 434-447, 2008.
"Progesterone inhibits TH1-promoting responses by dendritic cells." C.L. Butts, S.A. Shukair, K.M. Duncan, C.J. Horn and E.M. Sternberg. Immunology International, 19(3):287-96, 2007.
"The large clostridial toxins from C. sordellii and C. difficile repress glucocorticoid receptor activity." A.S. Tait, M. Dalton, B. Geny, F. D'Agnillo, M. Popoff and E.M. Sternberg. Infection and Immunity 75(8): 3935-3940, 2007.
"Low Bone Mass in Premenopausal Women with Depression." F. Eskandari, P. Martinez, S. Torvik, T.M. Phillips, E.M. Sternberg, S. Mistry, D. Ronsaville, R. Wesley, C. Toomey, N.G. Sebring, J.C. Reynolds, M.R. Blackman, K.A. Calis, P.W. Gold, and G. Cizza for the P.O.W.E.R. (Premenopausal, Osteoporosis Women, Alendronate, Depression) Study Group. Arch Internal Med 167(21):2329-2336, 2007.
"Measurement of cytokines in sweat patches and plasma in healthy women: validation in a controlled study." A. Marques-Deak, G. Cizza, F. Eskandari, S. Torvik, I.C. Christie, E.M. Sternberg and T. Phillips J. Immunol. Methods, 315:99-109, 2006.
"Endocrine perturbation increases susceptibility to anthrax lethal toxin" by M. Moayeri M, J.I. Webster, J.F. Wiggin, S.H. Leppla and E.M. Sternberg Infection and Immunity, 73 (7) 4238-4244, 2005.
"Corticosteroid-resistance in a subpopulation of multiple sclerosis patients as measured by ex vivo dexamethasone inhibition of LPS induced IL-6 production" by R.H. DeRijk, F. Eskandari and E.M. Sternberg J. Neuroimmunology, 151 (1-2):180-8, 2004.
"Anthrax lethal factor represses glucocorticoid and progesterone receptor activity" by J.I. Webster, L.H. Tonelli, M. Moayeri, S.S. Simons, Jr, S.H. Leppla, E.M. Sternberg; Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, Vol. 100, No. 10:5706-5711, 2003.
"Pathological and immunological effects of ingesting L-tryptophan, and 1,1' ethylidene bis[tryptophan] in Lewis rats" by L.A. Love, J.L Rader, L.J. Crofford, R.B Raybourne, M.A. Principato, S.W. Page, M.W. Trucksess, M.J Smith, E.M. Dugan, M.L. Turner, E. Zelazowski, P. Zelazowski, and E.M. Sternberg; The Journal of Clinical Investigation 91:804-811, 1993.
"L-tryptophan implicated in human eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome causes fasciitis and perimyositis in the Lewis rat" by L.J.Crofford, J.I. Rader, M.C. Dalakas, R.H. Hill Jr., L.S. Brady, S.W. Page, L.L Needham, M.P. Heyes, R.L. Wilder, P.W. Gold, I. Illa, C. Smith, and E.M. Sternberg; The Journal of Clinical Investigation 86:1757-1763, 1990.
"Scleroderma, fasciitis and eosinophilia associated with ingestion of L-tryptophan" by R.M. Silver, M.P. Heyes, J.C. Maize, B. Quearry, M. Vionnet-Fuasset, and E.M. Sternberg; The New England Journal of Medicine 322:874-881, 1990.
"A central nervous system defect in biosynthesis of corticotropin-releasing hormone is associated with susceptibility to streptococcal cell wall arthritis in Lewis rats" by E.M. Sternberg, W.S. Young III, R. Bernardini, A.E. Calogero, G.P. Chrousos, P.W. Gold, and R.L. Wilder; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 86, 4771-4775, 1989.
"Inflammatory mediator-induced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation is defective in streptococcal cell wall arthritis susceptible Lewis rats" by E.M. Sternberg, J.M. Hill, G.P. Chrousos, T. Kamilaris, S.J. Listwak, P.W. Gold, and R.L. Wilder; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 86, 2374-2378, 1989.
"Development of a scleroderma-like illness during therapy with L-5-hydroxytryptophan and carbidopa" by E.M. Sternberg, M. Van Woert, S. Young, I. Magnussen, H. Baker, S. Gauthier, C. K. Osterland; The New England Journal of Medicine, 303, 782-787, 1980.


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