Main description:

Stress: Immunology and Inflammation, Volume Five in the Handbook of Stress series, covers the influence physiologic stress has on immunity, immunology and inflammation. It provides a quick orientation to the subject for research, in clinic use, and in everyday life. Integrated closely with new behavioral findings and with relevance to human conditions, the concepts and data in this volume offer readers cutting-edge information. It will be of prime interest to neuroscientists, clinicians, researchers, academics, and students in Neuroendocrinology, Neuroscience, Biomedicine, Immunology, Endocrinology, Psychology, Psychiatry and some aspects of the Social Sciences.

The effect of stress on our emotional and physical health can be devastating. There have been significant advances in our understanding of the influence stress has on inflammation in the human body and also our immunity to various afflictions.

Contents:

Antibody Response
Autoimmunity
Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) Family of Neuropeptides - Role in Inflammation
Cytokines
Cytokines, Stress, and Depression
Cytotoxic Lymphocytes
Herpesviruses
HIV Infection/AIDS
Effects of Stress on Immune Cell Distribution
Stress-Induced Enhancement of Immune Function
Immune Response
Immune Suppression
Effects of Stress on Immune Surveillance - Cancer
Immune System, Aging
Immunity
Infection
Inflammation
Stress Response in Leishmania
Leukocyte Trafficking and Stress
Mucosal Secretory Immunity, Stress and Lymphocytes
Multiple Sclerosis
Natural Killer (NK) Cells
Neuroimmunomodulation
Neuroinflammation
Psoriasis
Psychoneuroimmunology
Sepsis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and Glucocorticoid Resistance
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Vaccination
Viral Virulence and Stress
Viruses and Stress