Main description:

Here is yet another of Springer's authoritative Major Reference Works. The release of these is a huge publishing event in itself, and this handbook on neurochemistry and molecular neurobiology is no exception. Required reading for neuroscientists and neurochemists, it contains data on multiple immunomodulators, many of which are also the products of hypothalamic brain cell neurosecretion. With contributions from dozens of researchers worldwide, and edited by two leading authorities in the field, this is information you can trust. Neuroimmunology is one of the most rapidly developing branches of Neurobiology, and this volume contains chapters that focus on a huge range of topics including the relationship between neuroimmunology and the pathogenesis of different nervous diseases.

Contents:

BRAIN CYTOKINES AS INTEGRATORS OF THE IMMUNE-NEUROENDOCRINE NETWORK - H. O. Besedovsky and A. del Rey.- NEUROPEPTIDES IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM: MEDIATORS OF STRESS AND INFLAMMATION - D.S. Jessop.- EFFECTS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM ON BRAIN NEUROCHEMISTRY - A. J. Dunn.- AGE-RELATED ALTERATIONS IN AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM INNERVATION OF LYMPHOID TISSUE - D. L. Bellinger, C. L. Lubahn, A. B. Millar, J. L. Carter, S. Vyas, S. D. Perez, and D. Lorton.- DRUGS THAT TARGET SYMPATHETIC-IMMUNE PATHWAYS FOR TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES - D. Lorton, C. Lubahn, and D. Bellinger.- NEURO-IMMUNE ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING - M.-B. Niemi, G. Pacheco-Lopez, H. Engler, C. Riether, R. Doenlen, and M. Schedlowski.- THE BRAIN IMMUNE SYSTEM: CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY OF SIGNAL MOLECULES - A. Galoyan.- THE DIALECT OF IMMUNE SYSTEM IN THE CNS: THE NERVOUS TISSUE AS IMMUNE COMPARTMENT FOR T CELLS AND DENDRITIC CELLS - Z. Fabry, E. Reinke, A. Zozulya, M. Sandor, and I. Bechmann.- IMMUNOPROTEASOME ACTIVITY IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM - M. T. Rinaudo and M. Piccinini.- REGULATION OF THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN BRAIN - W. Stenzel and G. Alber.- EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF THE BRAIN'S IMMUNE PRIVILEGE. IMPLICATIONS FOR NOVEL THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES: GENE THERAPY - P. R. Lowenstein, K. Kroeger, C. Barcia, J. Zirger, D. Larocque, and M. G. Castro.- ADENOSINE: AN ENDOGENOUS REGULATOR OF THE BRAIN IMMUNE SYSTEM - G. Hasko and E. S. Vizi.- NEUROIMMUNE CROSS TALK - G. Juhasz.- ROLE OF GLIA IN CNS INFLAMMATION - S. Pawate and N. R. Bhat.- AUTOIMMUNE PROCESSES IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - C. J. Welsh and C. R. Young.- EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS - B. Gran, K. O'Brian, D. Fitzgerald, and A. Rostami.- IMMUNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEMYELINATION - S. Pawate and S. Sriram.- THE INFLAMMATORY COMPONENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES - C. C. Ferrari and F. J. Pitossi.- MECHANISMS OF INFLAMMATION IN HIV-ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA - B. Giunta, F. Fernandez, and J. Tan.- ROLE OF POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE IN BRAIN INFLAMMATION AND NEUROINJURY - G. S. Scott, K. Komjati, V. C. Besson, and C. Szabo.- SCHIZOPHRENIA AND IMMUNE RESPONSES - F. Gaughran, J. Welch