Cytokines, stress, and depression /

Until a few years ago, cytokines were only known to immunologists; now these molecules have burst upon neurosciences and permeated several avenues of current research. This book examines the possible role of cytokines in mental depression, based on recent clinical and experimental data, and constitu...

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Corporate Author: International Congress on Cytokines, Stress, and Depression
Other Authors: Dantzer, Robert, Wollman, Emmanuelle E., Yirmiya, Raz
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, ©1999.
Series:Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 461.
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Online Access:Table of contents
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1850-9999
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Summary:Until a few years ago, cytokines were only known to immunologists; now these molecules have burst upon neurosciences and permeated several avenues of current research. This book examines the possible role of cytokines in mental depression, based on recent clinical and experimental data, and constitutes the first attempt to make a synthesis between the exciting new developments in cytokine research and their implications for the pathophysiology of mental disorders.
Item Description:"Proceedings of an International Congress on Cytokines, Stress, and Depression, held May 15-16, 1998, in Roscoff, France"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:x, 336 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0306461358
9780306461354