Cytokines and the brain /

This book opens a new page of neuroimmunebiology providing substantive experimental and clinical data to support current understanding in the field, and potential applications of this knowledge in the treatment of disease. The volume is a collection of complex, new data drawn from multiple areas of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Phelps, Christopher, -2008, Korneva, E. A. (Elena Andreevna)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2008.
Colección:Neuroimmune biology ; v. 6.
Temas:
Cytokines.
Cytokines > Physiological effect.
Nervous system > Diseases > Immunological aspects.
Cytokines > physiology
Cytokines > adverse effects
Cytokines > immunology
Brain Diseases > immunology
Brain > physiology
Cytokines
Cytokines > Effets physiologiques.
Syst�eme nerveux > Maladies > Immunologie.
MEDICAL > Immunology.
Cytokine
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. History
  • The history of Neuroimmune Biology:
  • II. Cytokines and in the brain;
  • A. Cytokines, their receptors and signal transduction in the brain;
  • Cytokine Receptors in the Brain;
  • Interleukin-1 and Corticotropin Releasing Factor Receptors in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis;
  • Brain interleukin-�1 expression and action in the absence of neuropathology;
  • Interleukin �1 signal transduction via the sphingomyelin pathway in brain cells;
  • Blood-brain barrier transport of cytokines;
  • B. Cytokines in brain physiology
  • Cytokines in synaptic function;
  • Interleukin-2 as a Neuroregulatory Cytokine;
  • Cytokines and Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in the Central Nervous System;
  • Acidic fibroblast growth factor, a satiety substance, variegated physiological significance;
  • Cytokines and Sleep;
  • C. Chemokines in the brain;
  • Chemokines, their receptors and significance in brain function;
  • IV. Immune response in the brain;
  • Immune and inflammatory responses in the CNS: modulation by astrocytes;
  • Immune Response in the Brain: Glial Response and Cytokine Production;
  • V. Cytokines in pathophysiological brain responses;
  • A. Brain-immune interaction
  • Lymphocytes and adrenergic sympathetic nerve system: the role of cytokines;
  • Cytokines in Neural Signaling to the Brain;
  • Interleukin-2 gene expression in CNS cells after stress and antigen application;
  • Sex hormones and cytokines in CNS pathology and repair;
  • Involvement of brain cytokines in stress-induced immunosuppression;
  • Neuroprotective Effects of Inflammation in the Nerves System;
  • VI. Disease;
  • Brain Response to Endotoxin;
  • Cytokines in Demyelinating Disease;
  • The Cytokines and Depression Hypothesis: An Evaluation;
  • Clinical Relevance: Cytokines in Alzheimer's Disease;
  • VII. Cytokines and behaviour;
  • Cytokines and immune-related behaviors;
  • The production and effects of cytokines depend on brain lateralization.

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