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Neural and neuroendocrine mechanisms in host defense and autoimmunity

Title
Neural and neuroendocrine mechanisms in host defense and autoimmunity / edited by C. Jane Welsh, Mary W. Meagher, Esther M. Sternberg.
Publication
New York : Springer, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Welsh, C. Jane.
  • Meagher, Mary W.
  • Sternberg, Esther M.
  • International Society for Neuroimmunomodulation.
Description
xxv, 280 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System > etiology
  • Neuroimmunomodulation
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Neuroimmunology > Congresses
  • Immunity > Congresses
  • Neuroendocrinology > Congresses
Note
  • "Developed as a result of a symposium held by the International Society for NeuroImmunoModulation (ISNIM) entitled 'Neural and Neuroendocrine Factors in Susceptibility and Resistance to Infectious Diseases' at the meeting of the American Association of Immunologists, Denver, Colorado, in May 2003"--P. viii.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction / Esther M. Sternberg -- 2. Stress-induced changes in immune cell distribution and trafficking : implications for immunoprotection versus immunopathology / Firdaus S. Dhabhar -- 3. Stress-induced sympathetic nervous system activation contributes to both suppressed acquired immunity and potentiated innate immunity : the role of splenic NE depletion and extracellular Hsp72 / Monika Fleshner -- 4. Anthrax lethal factor represses glucocorticoid and progesterone receptor activity / Jeanette I. Webster, Mahtab Moayeri and Esther M. Sternberg -- 5. Adrenergic regulation of adaptive immunity / Virginia M. Sanders -- 6. Gender dimorphism and the use of sex steroid/receptor antagonist after trauma / Mashkoor A. Choudhry and Irshad H. Chaudry -- 7. The impact of psychological stress on the immune response to and pathogenesis of Herpes simplex virus infection / Robert H. Bonneau and John Hunzeker -- 8. Influenza viral infection : stress-induced modulation of innate resistance and adaptive immunity / Michael T. Bailey, David A. Padgett and John F. Sheridan -- 9. Autonomic nervous system influences on HIV pathogenesis / Erica K. Sloan, Alicia Collado-Hidalgo and Steve W. Cole -- 10. The effects of restraint stress on the neuropathogenesis of Theiler's virus-induced demyelination : a murine model for multiple sclerosis / C. Jane Welsh, Wentao Mi, Amy Sieve, Andrew Steelman, Robin R. Johnson, Colin R. Young, Thomas Prentice, Ashley Hammons, Ralph Storts, Thomas Welsh and Mary W. Meagher -- 11. Social stress alters the severity of an animal model of multiple sclerosis / Mary W. Meagher, Robin R. Johnson, Elisabeth Good and C. Jane Welsh -- 12. Early postnatal nongenetic factors modulate disease susceptibility in adulthood : examples from disease models of multiple sclerosis, periodontitis, and asthma / Michael Stephan, Thomas Skripuletz and Stephan von Horsten -- 13. The relationship between stressful life events and inflammation among patients with multiple sclerosis / David C. Mohr.
ISBN
  • 0387314113 (alk. paper)
  • 9780387314112 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2005939172
OCLC
  • 74270069
  • ocm74270069
  • SCSB-5287735
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries