Brain Cytokines as Integrators of the Immune–Neuroendocrine Network

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3rd ed. pt. 1. Neuro-endocrine immunoregulation. 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 and S. Vyas, S.D. Perez, 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-López, H. Engler, C. Riether and R. Doenlen and M. Schedlowski -- pt. 2. The brain's immune system. The Brain Immune System: Chemistry and Biology of the Signal Molecules / A. Galoyan -- The Dialect of Immune System in the CNS: The Nervous Tissue as an 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 and D. Larocque, M.G. Castro -- Adenosine: An Endogenous Regulator of the Brain Immune System / G. Haskó and E.S. Vizi -- Neuroimmune Cross Talk / G. Juhász -- Role of Glia in CNS Inflammation / S. Pawate, N.R. Bhat -- pt. 3. Neuro-immune mechanisms of brain deseases. Autoimmune Processes in the Central Nervous System / C.J. Welsh and C.R. Young -- Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis / B. Gran, K. O'Brien, 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. Komjáti, V.C. Besson and C. Szabó -- Schizophrenia and Immune Responses / F. Gaughran and J. Welch.