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Neuro-Immuno-Gastroenterology

This book addresses important issues regarding the interaction between the nervous system, the immune system, and the digestive system. Gut flora has a profound influence on the shaping of the immune response, not only in the gastrointestinal system but also in the nervous system. Fascinatingly, man...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Constantinescu, Cris S. (Editor ), Arsenescu, Rāzvan I. (Editor ), Arsenescu, Violeta (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The immunology of the gastrointestinal system
  • The enteric nervous system
  • Microbial regulation of gastrointestinal immunity in health and disease
  • Roles of substance P in gastrointestinal functions and neuroimmune interactions
  • Immunomodulation by vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)
  • Helicobacter pylori, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, and multiple sclerosis
  • Stress and the gastrointestinal system
  • Nutrition, macrobiotics and the brain neuroinflammatory response
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome and Campylobacter jejuni enteritis
  • Gut microbiota: a possible role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis
  • Intestinal parasites and immunomodulation in neuroinflammatory disease
  • Neurological complications of anti-TNF treatments and other neurological aspects of inflammatory bowel disease
  • Intestinal bacterial antigens, toxin-induced pathogenesis and immune cross-reactivity in neuromyelitis optica and multiple sclerosis
  • Targeting immunomodulatory agents to the gut-associated lymphoid tissue
  • The neuroimmunology of gluten intolerance
  • The neurology of autoimmune pernicious anaemia (subacute combined degeneration)
  • The impact of multiple sclerosis on gastrointestinal system function
  • The neurology of Whipple's disease.