Edited by
Adriana Del Rey, University of Marburg, Germany
George Chrousos, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, USA
Hugo Besedovsky, University of Marburg, Germany
Included in series
NeuroImmune Biology
Audience:
Part 1: Physiology - Introduction: The HPA Axis and the Immune system: interactions in perspective; Physiology of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical
axis; Molecular mechanisms of glucocorticoid signaling; Organization of the sympathetic nervous system; The innate immune system; Specific
immune response; The immune system of the brain; Part 2: Effect of the HPA axis and the sympathetic system on the immune system - Glucocorticoid
effects on the immune response; Glucocorticoids and dendritic cells: a link between innate and adaptive immunity; Toll-like receptors
and glucocorticoids; Effects of glucocorticoids on the developing thymus; Effects of catecholamines on the immune response; Enhancing
versus suppressive effects of stress on immune function; Part 3: Effect of the immune response on the HPA axis and the sympathetic nervous
system - Processing of cytokine signals at CNS levels: relevance for immune-HPA axis interactions; Inflammatory mediator action on the
anterior pituitary gland; Neuroendocrinology and the Immune Response. Inflammatory mediator effects on the adrenal gland; Inflammatory
mediators affect the autonomic nervous system; Part 4: Clinical implications of neuro-endocrine-immune interactions - The neuroendocrinology
and Immunology of critical illness; Neuroendocrinology of inflammatory disorders; The HPA axis in rheumatic autoimmune disorders; Glucocorticoid
resistance in inflammatory diseases; Glucocorticoids and asthma: from clinics to genes
