Advances in Psychoneuroimmunology

ISBN-13: 9780306448836 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 372 str.

Istvan Berczi; I. Berczi; Judith Szilenyi

Opis

The editors have adopted psychoneuroimmunology as a term which implies the involvement of higher nervous system activity in the regulatory interactions of the neuroendocrine and the immune systems. The alternative terms neuroimmunomodulation, neuroendocrinimmunology, and immunoendocrinology, etc.,

Spis treści

The Pioneering Contributions of Hans Selye, Miklos Jancso and Andoe Szentivanyi to Psychoneuroimmunology: The Immune-Neuroendocrine Circuitry-The Next, and Possibly, the Last Frontier of Vertebrate Immunity; A. Szentivanyi, C.M. Abarca. Hormonal Immunoregulation: The Role of Growth and Lactogenic Hormones: Prolactin as an Immunomodulatory Hormone; E. Nagy, I. Berczi. Immunoregulation by the ACTH-adrenal Axis. Neuroendocrine and Metabolic Effects of Cytokines. Sex Hormones. Pathological Aspects of Endocrine-Immune Interactions. NeuralInfluences on the Immune System and on Inflammation: Immunomodulation by Neurotransmitters and Neuropeptides: Substance P, Immunity and Inflammation of the Intestinal Mucosa; A. Stanisz. Neuroregulation of Inflammation and Hypersensitivity. Behavioral Modulation of Immunity: Stress, Immune Function, and Disease: Mechanisms of Stressinduced Host Defence Alterations; A. Kusnecov, B.S. Rabin> Aging: Neuroimmunology of Aging: Plasticity of Neuroendocrine-Immune Interactions during Aging; N. Fabris, et al. 26 additional articles. Index.