Drugs of Abuse

ISBN-13: 9780306445668 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 286 str.

Herman Friedman; Pawel Migula; T. W. Klein

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Drawn from a June 1992 international conference in Clearwater Beach, Florida, 39 papers report the latest findings and thought concerning the impact of psychotropic drugs on the immune system. Researchers are convinced that the use of recreational drugs must reduce the body's natural immunity; they

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Stress, the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis, and Immune Function; M. Stein, A.H. Miller. Psychological Stress, Immunity and Immune Depression; A. Falek. Opiods, Receptors, and Immunity; M.W. Adler, et al. Consequences of Opiate-Dependency in a Monkey Model of AIDS; R.M. Donahoe, et al. Effects of Opioids on Proliferation of Mature and Immature Immune Cells; H.H Loh, et al. Immune Alterations in Chronic Morphine-Treated Rhesus Monkeys; D.J.J. Carr, C.P. France. Immunosuppressive Effects of Morphine on Immune Responses in Mice; T.K. Eisenstein, et al. MorphineInduced Modulation of Immune Status; D.T. Lysle, et al. Morphine Binding Sites on Human T Lymphocytes; J.J. Madden, et al. Marijuana and Bacterial Infections; T.W. Klein, et al. Effects of Marijuana on Spleen Lymphocytes from Mice of Different Age Groups; S. Pross, et al. Syphilis and Drugs of Abuse; L.J. Paradises, H. Friedman. Marijuana and Host Resistance to Herpesvirus Infection; G.A. Cabral, et al. 24 additional articles. Index.