Immune mechanisms of pain and analgesia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Machelska, Halina
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors: Stein, Christoph, 1954-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Georgetown, Tex. : New York : Landes Bioscience/Eurekah.com ; Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2003]
Series:Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 521.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Glial proinflammatory cytokines mediate exaggerated pain states: implications for clinical pain / Linda R. Watkins, Erin D. Milligan, and Steven F. Maier
  • Peripheral hyperalgesic cytokines / Fernando Q. Cunha and Sergio H. Ferreira
  • Cytokines and peripheral analgesia / Michael Schfer
  • Opioid peptides in immune cells / Eric M. Smith
  • Opioid receptors on peripheral sensory neurons / Christoph Stein
  • Morphological correlates of immune-mediated peripheral opioid analgesia / Shaaban A. Mousa
  • Functional evidence of pain control by the immune system / Halina Machelska
  • Opioid receptor expression and intracellular signaling by cells involved in host defense and immunity / Burt M. Sharp
  • Experimental evidence for immunomodulatory effects of opioids / Paola Sacerdote, Elena Limiroli and Leda Gaspani
  • The immune-suppressive effects of pain / Gayle G. Page
  • Invertebrate opiate immune and neural signaling / George B. Stefano ... [et al.]
  • Anti-inflammatory effects of opioids / Judith S. Walker.