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Springer Advances in Psychoneuroimmunology 1st Editon 2013 Softbound by I. Berczi, Judith Szélenyi
1. Stress and Disease: The Contribution of Hans Selye to Psychoneuroimmunology. A Personal Reminiscence.- 2. Histamine, Capsaicin and Neurogenic Inflammation. A Historical Note on the Contribution of Miklos (Nicholas) Jancso (1903–1963) to Sensory Pharmacology.- 3. Neural Regulation of Allergy and Asthma. The Discoveries and Seminal Contributions of Andor Szentivanyi.- 4. The Immune-Neuroendocrine Circuitry — The Next, and Possibly, the Last Frontier of Vertebrate Immunity.- 5. Neuroendocrine Control of the Thymic Microenvironment: Role of Pituitary Hormones.- 6. Immunomodulation by Growth Hormone in Humans.- 7. Insulin-like Growth Factors and Immunity: An Overview.- 8. Prolactin as an Immunomodulatory Hormone.- 9. Prolactin and Autoimmunity: Influences of Prolactin in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.- 10. Effects of Cytokines on the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis.- 11. The Role of Cytokines in Immune Neuroendocrine Interactions.- 12. Cytokines and Sleep Mechanisms.- 13. Interleukin Involvement in the Regulation of Pituitary Cell Growth.- 14. Lipid Saturation in the Target Cells Plasma Membrane Blocks Tumor Necrosis Factor Mediated Cell Killing.- 15. Bidirectional Communication Between the Immune and Endocrine Systems — Mediation by Hormones from the Gonads.- 16. Glucocorticoid Regulation of Mucosal Immunity: Effect of Dexamethasone on IgA and Secretory Component (SC).- 17. Androgen Regulation of Ocular Mucosal- and Auto-Immunity.- 18. Immunoregulation by Sex Hormone Analogues.- 19. Tamoxifen as an Immunomodulating Agent.- 20. Neuroendocrine-Immune Interactions in Pituitary Pathology.- 21. Endocrine-Immune Interactions in the Gastrointestinal Tract.- 22. Substance P, Immunity and Inflammation of the Intestinal Mucosa.- 23. Expression of Cholinergic Structure on Lymphocytes.- 24. Regulation of NK Cells During Acute Physiological Stress by Noradrenaline.- 25. Psychological and Neural Regulation of Intestinal Hypersensitivity.- 26. The Cervical Sympathetic Trunk-Submandibular Gland Axis in the Regulation of Inflammatory Responses.- 27. Neuroendocrine Aspects of Lymphocyte Migration.- 28. Mechanisms of Stress-Induced Host Defense Alterations.- 29. Plasticity of Neuroendocrine-Immune Interactions During Aging.- 30. Beta-Endorphin in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells: Effects of Aging and Pharmacological Treatments.- 31. The Role of the Adrenergic/Cholinergic Balance in the Immune-Neuroendocrine Circuit.