The Brain and Host Defense

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Copyright
Page iv

Foreword
Pages vii-ix
István Berczi, Barry G. Arnason

Preface
Page xi
István Berczi, Barry G. Arnason

List of Contributors
Pages xiii-xiv

Chapter 1 - The Hypothalamus is the Central Organ of Immunoregulation
Pages 3-9
István Berczi, Barry G. Arnason

Chapter 2 - Leech Neuroimmune Signaling
Pages 13-23
Aurelie Tasiemski, Michel Salzet

Chapter 3 - Morphogenesis of the Hypothalamus and Hypophysis
Pages 25-35
Kosuke Kawamura

Chapter 4 - A Novel Genus of Specialized Anti-Inflammatory and Pro-Resolution Lipid Mediators
Pages 37-57
Gerard Bannenberg, Charles N. Serhan

Chapter 5 - Neural and Non-Neural Stem Cells as Novel Therapeutic Modalities for Brain Injury
Pages 59-66
Ronen R. Leker, Éva Mezey

Chapter 6 - The Role of the Toll-Like Receptors in Neuropathology
Pages 67-77
Catherine E. Downes, Peter J. Crack

Chapter 7 - Cytokines and the Immune–Neuroendocrine Network
Pages 79-90
Silvia G. Correa, Claudia E. Sotomayor, Maria Cecilia Rodrĺguez-Galán

Chapter 8 - Orexin-Containing Neurons and the Immune System
Pages 91-100
Natalia S. Novikova, Helen A. Korneva

Chapter 9 - Central Pathways of Immunoregulation
Pages 101-111
Kathryn M. Buller

Chapter 10 - Brain Responses to Antigenic Challenges
Pages 113-121
Helen A. Korneva, Natalia S. Novikova

Chapter 11 - Role of the Endocrine System
Pages 125-130
Christopher John

Chapter 12 - Conditioning of Immune Reactions
Pages 131-144
Laura Y. Gorczynski, Reginald M. Gorczynski

Chapter 13 - Gender Issues in Host Defense
Pages 145-158
Matthias W. Wichmann, Martin K. Angele

Chapter 14 - Glial Cells in Brain Defense Mechanisms
Pages 161-167
Mami Noda

Chapter 15 - Immunologic Privilege and the Brain
Pages 169-181
M. Kelly Nicholas, Rimas Lukas

Chapter 16 - Immune Aspects of the Blood–Brain Barrier
Pages 183-195
Thomas E. Liggett, Roumen Balabanov

Chapter 17 - Neuroprotective Activities of CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells
Pages 197-210
Ashley D. Reynolds, David K. Stone, R. Lee Mosley, Howard E. Gendelman

Chapter 18 - Fever as a Host Defense Mechanism
Pages 213-235
Clark M. Blatteis

Chapter 19 - Leukocytes as Mediators of Pain and Analgesia
Pages 237-250
Dagmar Hackel, Alexander Brack, Heike L. Rittner

Chapter 20 - Tumor Necrosis Factor as a Neuroinflammatory Mediator in Alzheimer\'s Disease and Stroke: Molecular Mechanisms and Neuroinflammatory Imaging
Pages 251-267
Ulrich L.M. Eisel, Nikoletta Dobos, Rudi Dierckx, Paul Luiten, Jakob Korf

Chapter 21 - Multiple Sclerosis and Depression: A Neuroimmunological Perspective
Pages 269-307
Barry G. Arnason

Chapter 22 - Infection and Sepsis
Pages 309-320
Valentin A. Pavlov, Luis Ulloa, Christine N. Metz

Chapter 23 - Restoration of Neuroimmune Disturbances in Rats by Extra-High-Frequency Electromagnetic Irradiation of the Skin
Pages 321-331
Elena G. Rybakina, Vernon J. Rogers, Natalia S. Novikova

Index
Pages 333-343