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Cytokines and mental health /

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Cytokines and Mental Health explores the relationship between cytokines, neural circuitry and mental health. It is interdisciplinary and "translational", bringing together information that spans the spectrum from the molecular and cellular levels to the patient and the clinic. Content incl...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kronfol, Ziad
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Science, 2003.
Series:Neurobiological foundation of aberrant behaviors ; 7.
Subjects:
Cytokines > Physiological effect.
Cytokines > Pathophysiology.
Mental illness > Molecular aspects.
Psychoneuroimmunology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • List of Contributors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • I: Brain Effects of Cytokines: Relevance to Mental Illness. 1. Cytokines and Cytokine Receptors: Principles of Action 2. Immunosensory Signaling: Role of Cytokines. 3. Cytokine Pathways in the Brain. 4. Effects of Cytokines on Cerebral Neurotransmission and Potential Relationships to Function. 5. Cytokines and HPA Axis Regulation. 6. Cytokines and Neuropeptides
  • II: Behavioral Effects of Cytokines. 7. Cytokines and Sickness Behavior. 8. Cytokines and Sleep Regulation. 9. Cytokines and Appetite. 10. Cytokines Effects on Learning and Memory. 11. Cytokine-elicited Sensitization: Neuroendocrine, Neurotransmitter and Behavioral Responses
  • III: Cytokines and Neuropsychiatric Disorders. 12. Cytokine Regulation in Major Depression. 13. Cytokine Regulation in Anxiety Disorders. 14. Cytokines and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. 15. Cytokines and Schizophrenia. 16. Cytokine Regulation in Autism. 17. Cytokine Regulation in Alzheimer's Disease. 18. Cytokines, Immunity and Disordered Sleep
  • Index.