Neuroendocrine and Immune Crosstalk, Volume 1088ISBN: 978-1-57331-623-1
Paperback
436 pages
December 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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In an effort to incorporate all recent knowledge in this field,
broad aspects of endocrinology and neuropsychiatric and autoimmune
disorders is included, with special attention given to recent
progress in molecular biology and genetics.
In particular, the volume focuses on diseases of the nervous
system and their modulation by the immune and endocrine systems, as
well as on the neuroimmunomodulation of inflammatory, autoimmune,
and allergic diseases with an emphasis on the female gender.
Special care has been taken by the editors to balance basic and
clinical information. The volume is divided into sections: the
cytokine and neuropeptide signal transduction systems and their
immunomodulatory properties, the neuroendocrine immune basis of
rheumatic disease, models of inflammation, the immunology of
neuropsychiatric and allergic disorders, neuroendocrine and
autoimmune adaptations in aging, neuroimmune interactions in
chronic pain disorders and infectious diseases, and finally a
structural and functional overview of the stress system.
Clinical applications have been extrapolated from the basic
knowledge and physiology of neuroimmune interactions, so this
volume will provide a useful update for both researchers and
clinicians.
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