New concepts in the immunopathogenesis of CNS infections /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Peterson, Phillip K., Remington, Jack S., 1931-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, [2000]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Entry and function of hematogenous cells in the central nervous system
  • Astrocytes and the neuroimmunomodulatory role of interleukin-6
  • Microglia : defenders of the brain against viral infection
  • Cytokines and chemokines in defense and damage in the intact CNS
  • Bacterial meningitis : epidemiology, pathophysiology, and immunobiology
  • Experimental tubulous meningitis
  • Neurologic lyme disease
  • Immunopathogenesis of CNS toxoplasmosis
  • Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis
  • Herpes simplex infections of the central nervous system
  • The biology and clinical consequence of JC virus infection in the human brain - progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
  • Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and prion protein
  • Alphavirus encephalomyelitis : determinants of outcome
  • Macaque models of the neuropathogenesis of HIV infection
  • Borna disease virus and the brain
  • Immunocytotherapy of persistent viral infection
  • Class I major histocompatibility molecules play a critical role in resistance to Theiler's virus infection
  • The genetics of multiple sclerosis
  • Simple genetic models of human neurologic disease