Mind over matter : regulation of peripheral inflammation by the CNS /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stein, Christoph, 1954-, Schäfer, Michael, 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basel ; Boston, MA : Birkhauser Verlag, [2003]
Series:PIR (Series)
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The brain and the mind - can the immune system help?
  • Influence of brain-derived cytokines on the immune response
  • Physical stress/exercise and immune response
  • Pain and immunosuppression
  • The sympathetic-immune interface : role in immune regulation and pathology
  • Functional role of the peripheral nervous system in inflammatory pain
  • Nerve injury and immune response
  • Neuronal mechanisms of the recruitment of opioid peptide expressing immune cells
  • Peripheral analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of opioids - neuro-immune crosstalk
  • The skin as a model for the immunodulatory effects of corticotropin-releasing hormone
  • Adenosine - a peripheral neuronal modulator of pain and inflammation