Neural and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms in Host Defense and Autoimmunity (eBook)

Neural and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms in Host Defense: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms.- Stress-induced Changes in Immune Cell Distribution and Trafficking: Implications for Immunoprotection versus Immunopathology.- Stress-induced Sympathetic Nervous System Activation Contributes to Both Suppressed Acquired Immunity and Potentiated Innate Immunity: The Role of Splenic NE Depletion and Extracellular Hsp72.- Anthrax Lethal Factor Represses Glucocorticoid and Progesterone Receptor Activity.- Adrenergic Regulation of Adaptive Immunity.- Gender Dimorphism and the Use of Sex Steroid/Receptor Antagonist After Trauma.- Neural and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms in Host Defense: Physiological Effects of Stress on Host Susceptibility to Infection and Autoimmunity.- The Impact of Psychological Stress on the Immune Response to and Pathogenesis of Herpes Simplex Virus Infection.- Influenza Viral Infection: Stress-induced Modulation of Innate Resistance and Adaptive Immunity.- Autonomic Nervous System Influences on HIV Pathogenesis.- The Effects of Restraint Stress on the Neuropathogenesis of Theiler’s Virus-induced Demyelination: A Murine Model for Multiple Sclerosis.- Social Stress Alters the Severity of an Animal Model of Multiple Sclerosis.- Early Postnatal Nongenetic Factors Modulate Disease Susceptibility in Adulthood: Examples from Disease Models of Multiple Sclerosis, Periodontitis, and Asthma.- The Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and Inflammation Among Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.