Mind over Matter

by Schafer, Michael; Stein, Christoph

• ISBN13: 9783764369187
• ISBN10: 3764369183
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Birkhauser

Summary

Several new developments in the field of neuroimmunology with focus on the brain-to-immune system communication have been the incentive for this PIR volume. It covers topics such as brain-immune interactions, the impact of stress on the immune response, pain and immunosuppression, the modulation of inflammation and pain by the sympathetic nervous system, consequences of nerve injury for the immune system, neuronal mechanisms of immune cell recruitment, and the modulation of the immune response by corticotropin-releasing hormone or adenosine. The authors are a unique group of scientists who are all interested in brain-to-immune interactions; however, each from a different perspective. The volume will serve both neurobiologists and immunologists to understand the influence of the central nervous system on peripheral inflammation. Many aspects of this book will also be stimulating for researchers in the pain field.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Preface	ix
Central nervous system and inflammation
The brain and the mind -- can the immune system help?	3	(16)
Michal Schwartz
Influence of brain-derived cytokines on the immune response	19	(18)
Christian Woiciechowsky
Hans-Dieter Volk
Stress and inflammation
Physical stress/exercise and immune response	37	(20)
Suzi Hong
Paul J. Mills
Pain and immunosuppression	57	(14)
Gayle G. Page
Sympathetic nervous system
The sympathetic-immune interface: role in immune regulation and pathology	71	(18)
Ilia J. Elenkov
Functional role of the peripheral sympathetic nervous system in inflammatory pain	89	(14)
Waltraud Binder
Peripheral nervous system and inflammation
Nerve injury and immune response	103	(18)
Claudia Sommer
Neuronal mechanisms of the recruitment of opioid peptide expressing immune cells	121	(16)
Shaaban A. Mousa
Peripheral analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of opioids -- neuro-immune crosstalk	137	(12)
Halina Machelska
Christoph Stein
The skin as a model for the immunodulatory effects of corticotropin-releasing hormone	149	(28)
Andrzej Slominski
Jacobo Wortsman
Elizabeth Linton
Alexander Pisarchik
Blazej Zbytek
Adenosine -- a peripheral neuronal modulator of pain and inflammation	177	(24)
Jana Sawynok
Index	201