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Neural and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms in Host Defense and Autoimmunity edited by C Jane Welsh, Mary W Meagher, Esther M Sternberg - Boston, MA Springer International Publishing 2006 - 1 recurso en línea (XXV, 280 p.)

This comprehensive volume, written by experts in the integrative fields of neuroscience, endocrinology and immunology, provides insight into the mechanisms by which neural and neuroendocrine factors influence susceptibility to infection and autoimmunity. The book focuses on multiple sclerosis as the prototypic autoimmune disease and discusses infectious diseases including anthrax, influenza virus, herpes virus and human immunodeficiency virus. The effects of stress on experimental models of multiple sclerosis and also clinical observations of stress in multiple sclerosis patients are discussed. Neural and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms in Host Defense and Autoimmunity is an ideal book for researches and professionals in the fields of immunology, neuroscience, infectious disease, psychology, microbiology, virology, public health and pharmaceutical sciences.

ISBN: 9780387483344

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Psiconeuroinmunología

LC Class. No.: QP356.47 / N487 2006 EB

Dewey Class. No.: 616.079