2nd Edition
Cytokines Stress and Immunity, Second Edition
448 Pages
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CRC Press
444 Pages
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CRC Press
405 Pages
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CRC Press
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Cytokine involvement in the immune system's response to stress is now very well documented. Cytokine activity has been implicated in a variety of mental and physical diseases, and has been shown to have a significant role in fueling the vicious circle of depression and illness. The first edition of Cytokines: Stress and Immunity pointed out that the immune system does not stand alone, but is... Read more
Behavioral Effects of Cytokines: A Psychiatrist's Perspective. Worried to Death? Stress, Worry, and Immune Dysregulation in Health and HIV. Psychological Stress and Its Relationship to Cytokines and Inflammatory Diseases. Role of Cytokines in Depression. Loneliness, Dysphoria, Stress, and Immunity: A Role for Cytokines. Stress, Cytokines, and Peripheral Analgesia. Alexithymia, Stress, and Immunity. Roles of Mu-Opioid Receptor and Endogenous Opiates in Stress-Induced Immunosuppression. Stress, Opioid Peptides, and Immune Response. Met-Enkephalin in Oxidative Stress. Chronic Stress Induces Death of Lymphocytes. Interleukin- and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis. Cytokines, Stress, and Depression. Adrian J. Dunn Immunoconversion in Acute Phase Response. Interferon in Health and Disease. Neuropeptide Precursor Processing in Immunocytes: Involvement in Neuroimmune Communication. Clinical Relevance of Opioid-Induced Immunosuppression: Are All Drugs Similar? Human Retroviruses and the Cytokine Network. Psychiatric Toxicity of Interferon-?: A Model for Understanding the Etiology of Major Depression and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Role of Genetic Predisposition, Cytokines, and Neuroendocrine Response in Development of Thyroid Autoimmunity. Gender Differences, Stress, and Immunity.
Biography
Nicholas P. Plotnikoff, Robert E. Faith, Anthony J. Murgo , Robert A. Good
