Neural and neuroendocrine mechanisms in host defense and autoimmunity Book

abstract

• 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. 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. All rights reserved.

authors

• Meagher, Mary
• Welsh, Christabel Jane

author list (cited authors)

• Welsh, C. J., Meagher, M. W., & Sternberg, E. M.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Welsh, C Jane||Meagher, Mary W||Sternberg, Esther M

editor list (cited editors)

• Welsh, C. J., Meagher, M. W., & Sternberg, E. M.

publication date

• January 2006

publisher

• Springer US  Publisher

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/978-0-387-48334-4

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0-387-31411-3

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9780387314112

start page

• 1

end page

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48334-4