Description |
xxix, 283 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-266) and index. |
Contents |
Foreword / by Olle Lindvall -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- List of Abbreviations -- A new player in the body-mind connection : the immune system -- Cognition and the aging brain : the immune cells of wisdom -- Stress and depression -- Of mice and superman : the immune pro-spinal cord therapy -- A vaccination to prevent blindness -- Alzheimer's disease and Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) -- Males' and females' different immune systems -- Epilogue -- A neuroimmunology primer. |
Summary |
"Scientists, physicians, medical students, and all readers with an interest in brain function and its relationship to the immune system in health and disease will find this book a valuable resource. With general readers in mind, the authors provide a useful primer to explain scientific terms and concepts discussed in the book,"--Amazon.com. |
Subject |
Neuroimmunology.
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Brain -- Immunology.
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Nervous system -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects.
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Brain -- immunology.
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Central Nervous System Diseases -- immunology.
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Immune System Phenomena.
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Neuroimmunomodulation.
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Added Author |
London, Anat, author.
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Lindvall, Olle, writer of foreword.
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ISBN |
9780300203479 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0300203470 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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