عنوان

Neuropeptides and Immunoregulation

(Number (ISBN

3642784801

(Number (ISBN

3642784828

(Number (ISBN

9783642784804

(Number (ISBN

9783642784828

Number

b556427

Title Proper

Neuropeptides and Immunoregulation

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Berta Scharrer, Eric M. Smith, George B. Stefano.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1994

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(x, 174 pages 19 illustrations)

Text of Note

Neuropeptides and Autoregulatory Immune Processes --;Role of Neuropeptides in the Bidirectional Communication Between the Immune and Neuroendocrine Systems --;Corticotropin and Immunoregulation --?-Melanotropin and its Role in Regulating the Inflammatory Response --;Immunoregulation by Neuropeptides Other than Corticotropin and Melanotropin --;Enkephalins as Regulators of Inflammatory Immune Reactions --;Interactions of Neuropeptides and Cytokines --;Stress and Immunity --;Pharmacological and Binding Evidence for Opioid Receptors on Vertebrate and Invertebrate Blood Cells --;Degradation of Neuropeptide Signal Molecules in Immunocytes of Vertebrates and Invertebrates.

Text of Note

This book provides an updated overview of a rapidly develo- ping and exciting area of investigation dealing with the ro- le of neuropeptides in immunoregulatory processes. Existing texts focus on the bidirectional exchange of signals among the nervous, endocrine and immune systems in mammals, car- ried out primarily by the enkephalin and proopiomelanocortin families of neuropeptides and lymphokines. This collection of material is the first one to include pertinent informa- tion obtained in invertebrates, which has considerably ad- vanced our knowledge of the role of opioid neuropeptides, especiallyin another activity of the immune system, that of autoregulation. The study and interpretation of the remark- able parallelisms between these phenomena observed in inver- tebrates and vertebrates bring new insight into the me- chanisms of neuroimmunobiological integration with both general biological and clinical implications.

Medicine.

Neurosciences.

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Book number

edited by Berta Scharrer, Eric M. Smith, George B. Stefano.

Berta Scharrer

Eric M Smith

George B Stefano

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[Book]

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