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THE BRAIN AND HOST DEFENSE, 9
The Brain and Host Defense, 9
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Istvan Berczi
Barry G. W. Arnason

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NeuroImmune Biology,

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Neuroscientists, Immunologists, Pathologists, Pharmacologists, Internists, Veterinarians, Physiologists, Biologists



Contents


I. INTRODUCTION

1 - The hypothalamus is the central organ of immunoregulation; Istv n Berczi, Barry Arnason;

II. DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION OF THE NEUROIMMUNE SYSTEM

2 - Leech Neuroimmune Signaling; Aurelie Tasiemski and Michel Salzet

3 - Morphogenesis of the Hypothalamus and Hypophysis; Kosuke Kawamura

4 - A Novel Genus of Specialized Anti-Inflammatory and Pro-Resolution Lipid Mediators; Gerard Bannenberg and Charles N. Serhan

5 - Neural and Non-Neural Stem Cells as Novel Therapeutic Modalities for Brain Injury; Ronen R. Leker and va Mezey

6 - The Role of the Toll-like Receptors in Neuropathology; Catherine E. Downes and Peter J. Crack

7 - Cytokines and the Immune-Neuroendocrine Network; Silvia G. Correa, Claudia E. Sotomayor and Mar a Cecilia Rodr guez-Gal n

8 - Orexin Containing Neurons and the Immune System; Natalia S. Novikova and Helen A. Korneva

9 - Central Pathways of Immunoregulation; Kathyrn M. Buller

10 - Brain Responses to Antigenic Challenges; Helen A. Korneva, Natalia S. Novikova

III. IMMUNOREGULATION BY THE NERVOUS SYsTEM

11 - Immunoregulation by the Nervous System: Role of the Endocrine System; Christopher John

12 - Conditioning of Immune Reactions; Laura Y. Gorczynski, Reginald M. Gorczynski

13 - Gender Issues in Host Defense; Matthias W. Wichmann and Martin K. Angele

IV. HOW THE BRAIN DEFENDS ITSELF

14 - Glial Cells in Brain Defense Mechanisms; Mami Noda

15 - Immunologic Privilege and the Brain; M. Kelly Nicholas and Rimas Lukas

16 - Immune Aspects of the Blood-Brain Barrier; Thomas E. Liggett and Roumen Balabanov

17 - Neuroprotective Activities of CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells; Ashley D. Reynolds, David K. Stone, R. Lee Mosley, Howard E. Gendelman

V. THE ROLE OF THE BRAIN IN HOST DEFENSE IN DISEASE STATES

18 - Fever as a Host Defense Mechanism; Clark M. Blatteis

19 - Leukocytes as Mediator of Pain and Analgesia; Dagmar Hackel, Alexander Brack and Heike L. Rittner

20 - Tumor Necrosis Factor as Neuroinflammatory Mediator in Alzheimer's Disease and Stroke. Molecular Mechanisms and Neuroinflammatory Imaging; Ulrich L.M. Eisel, Nikoletta Dobos, Rudi Dierckx, Paul Luiten and Jacob Korf

21 - Multiple Sclerosis and Depression – a Neuroimmunological Perspective; Barry G. Arnason

22 - Infection and Sepsis; Valentin A. Pavlov, Luis Ulloa, Christine N. Metz

23 - Restoration of Neuroimmune Disturbances in Rats by Extra High Frequency Electromagnetic Irradiation of the Skin; Elena G. Rybakina, Vernon J. Rogers, and Natalia S. Novikova



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Hardbound, 358 pages, publication date: DEC-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-53544-3
Imprint: ELSEVIER

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