| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 359 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Dopamine in the Immune System: Dopamine Receptors in Immune Cells, Potent Effects, Endogenous Production and Involvement in Immune and Neuropsychiatric Diseases -- Nerve Driven Immunity: Noradrenaline and Adrenaline -- Acetylcholine and Cholinergic Modulation of Immune Responses -- Glutamate in the Immune System: Glutamate Receptors in Immune Cells, Potent Effects, Endogenous Production and Involvement in Disease -- GABA Is an Effective Immunomodulatory Molecule in the Brain and in the Periphery -- The Effects of Opioids on Immune Cells, Functions and Diseases -- The Effects of Somatostatin on Immune Cells, Functions and Diseases -- Neuropeptide Y: The Story, the Players, the Outcomes -- Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide: Immune Mediator and Potential Therapeutic Agent -- Nerve-Driven Immunity: The Effects of Neurotransmitters on Immune Cells, Functions and Disease -- CGRP -- The Effects of Cannabinoids on Immune Cells, Responses and Diseases |
| Summary |
Nerve-Driven Immunity: Neurotransmitters and Neuropeptides in the Immune System summarizes, analyzes and sheds new light on an unrecognized, yet very important role of key neurotransmitters and neuropeptides in the immune system. Each chapter of the book deals with a different neurotransmitter/neuropeptide from the following list: Dopamine, Adrenaline, Noradrenaline, Acetylcholine, Glutamate, GABA, Somatostatin, Neuropeptide Y (NPY), Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), Calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP), Opioids and Cannabinoids. For each of these neurotransmitters/neuropeptides, the following four topics are discussed: The specific receptors for the neurotransmitter/neuropeptide expressed in various types of immune cellsThe direct effects induced by the neurotransmitter/neuropeptide in various types of immune cells (either resting or activated), and the specific immune functions and features it activates/elevates or rather inhibits in specific concentrationsThe production of the neurotransmitter/neuropeptide in, and its release by, various types of immune cellsThe involvement of the neurotransmitter/neuropeptide in various diseases of the immune system (among them autoimmune diseases, immunodeficiency diseases and hematological cancers)The book includes many original figures, overview tables, and proposed models of events which are instrumental, enriching and stimulating for the reader. In light of the above-mentioned aspects, Nerve-Driven Immunity: Neurotransmitters and Neuropeptides in the Immune System is ideally suited as a textbook for new courses in Immunology, Neurology, Neuro-immunology or Pharmacology. The book chapters were written by highly skilled authors from 10 countries: the USA, the United Kingdom, Italy, Israel, Sweden, France, Germany, Spain, Serbia and Romania. Nerve-Driven Immunity is a term first coined by Dr. Mia Levite (the editor of the book) |
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Medicine |
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Immunology |
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Neurosciences |
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Neurochemistry |
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Biomedicine |
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biomedische wetenschappen |
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neurowetenschap |
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neuroscience |
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immunologie |
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neurochemie |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Neuroimmunology.
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Immunity.
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Neuroimmunomodulation
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Immunity
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MEDICAL -- Immunology.
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Immunity
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Neuroimmunology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Levite, Mia
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| ISBN |
9783709108888 |
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3709108888 |
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370910887X |
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9783709108871 |
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