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This volume provides a concise overview of the emerging area of biology, neuroimmune biology. Fundamental physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms are presented in detail as well as clinically-relevant subjects, such as inflammation, asthma and allergy, autoimmune disease, immunodeficiency and the acute phase response. Students, biologists, medical scientists and clinicians as well as veterinary surgeons and animal scientists, should find this book helpful.

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Author:   I. Berczi (Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) ,  Andor Szentivanyi
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Ltd
Volume:   v. 3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.060kg
ISBN:  

9780444508515

ISBN 10:   0444508511
Pages:   618
Publication Date:   14 August 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). Preface (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). Acknowledgements. I. Introduction. Introduction (A. Szentivanyi, I. Berczi et al.). History (A. Szentivanyi, I. Berczi et al.). The discovery of immune neuroendocrine circuitry - A generation of progress (A. Szentivanyi, I. Berczi et al.). II. The Nervous System - A historical perspective. Altered effector responses (A. Szentivanyi, I. Berczi et al.). Some evolutionary morphoregulatory and functional aspects of the immune-neuroendocrine circuitry (A. Szentivanyi, I. Berczi et al.). Virus associated immune and pharmacologic mechanisms in disorders of respiratory and cutaneous atopy (A. Szentivanyi, I. Berczi et al.). Immunoregulation by innervation (D. Nance). III. Receptors, Ligands and Signaling. Adhesion molecules (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). Immunoglobulins (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). Growth and lactogenic hormones, insulin-like growth factor and insulin (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). The hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and opioid peptides (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). The hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). Nerve growth factror, leptin and neuropeptides (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). Cytokines and chemokines (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). Steroid hormones (I. Berczi, E. Baral et al.). Regulatory enzymes (E. Sabbadini, I. Berczi). IV. Neuro-Immune Function. A. Physiology. Immunocompetence (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). Antigen presentation (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). Immune reactions (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). Immunoregulation by innervation (D. Nance, B. MacNeil). The hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis: A mayor modulator of the adaptive responses to stress (K.E. Gabry, G. Chrousos et al.). B. Pathophysiology. Neurogenic inflammation in the airways (P. Barnes). Defensins: antimicrobial peptides with a broad spectrum of biological activity (E.A. Korneva, V.N. Kokryakov). The acute phase response (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). Autoimmune disease (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). Immunodeficiency (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi). V. Immune-Neuroendocrine Circuitry. The immune-neuroendocrine circuitry (I. Berczi, A. Szentivanyi).

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