Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
Book Description
Cumulated Index Medicus
Author: Index to Theses with Abstracts Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland and the Council for National Academic Awards
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Theses on any subject submitted by the academic libraries in the UK and Ireland.
Neuroimmunomodulation
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central nervous system
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Stress, Stress Hormones and the Immune System
Author: Julia C. BuckinghamPublisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Provides a uniquely broad overview.-- Covers neuroendocrine, automatic and immune systems, and hormone interaction.
MRCOG Part One
Author: Alison FianderPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107667135
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
A fully updated and illustrated handbook providing comprehensive coverage of all curriculum areas covered by the MRCOG Part 1 examination.
Cell Calcium
Author: Endocrinology
Author: Leslie J. DeGrootPublisher: W.B. Saunders Company
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1068
Book Description
-- A complete, authoritative, up-to-date analysis of endocrine disease and basic endocrine physiology. -- Every aspect of endocrinology is covered in significant detail by an authority in the field. -- A clinical focus emphasizes diagnosis and therapy, with a brand new section on diagnostic methods and the pharmaceutical therapies used in treatment.
Abstracts - Society for Neuroscience
Author: Society for NeurosciencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Neurobiology
Languages : en
Pages : 1346
Book Description
Sensing the Environment: Regulation of Local and Global Homeostasis by the Skin's Neuroendocrine System
Author: Andrzej T. SlominskiPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642196837
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The skin, the body’s largest organ, is strategically located at the interface with the external environment where it detects, integrates and responds to a diverse range of stressors, including solar radiation. It has already been established that the skin is an important peripheral neuroendocrine-immune organ that is closely networked with central regulatory systems. These capabilities contribute to the maintenance of peripheral homeostasis. Specifically, epidermal and dermal cells produce and respond to classical stress neurotransmitters, neuropeptides and hormones, production which is stimulated by ultraviolet radiation (UVR), biological factors (infectious and non-infectious) and other physical and chemical agents. Examples of local biologically active products are cytokines, biogenic amines (catecholamines, histamine, serotonin and N-acetyl-serotonin), melatonin, acetylocholine, neuropeptides including pituitary (proopiomelanocortin-derived ACTH, b-endorphin or MSH peptides, thyroid stimulating hormone) and hypothalamic (corticotropin-releasing factor and related urocortins, thyroid-releasing hormone) hormones, as well as enkephalins and dynorphins, thyroid hormones, steroids (glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, sex hormones, 7-δ steroids), secosteroids, opioids and endocannabinoids. The production of these molecules is hierarchical, organized along the algorithms of classical neuroendocrine axes such as the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA), hypothalamic-thyroid axis (HPT), serotoninergic, melatoninergic, catecholaminergic, cholinergic, steroid/secosteroidogenic, opioid and endocannabinoid systems. Disruptions of these axes or of communication between them may lead to skin and/or systemic diseases. These local neuroendocrine networks also serve to limit the effect of noxious environmental agents to preserve local and consequently global homeostasis. Moreover, the skin-derived factors/systems can also activate cutaneous nerve endings to alert the brain to changes in the epidermal or dermal environments, or alternatively to activate other coordinating centers by direct (spinal cord) neurotransmission without brain involvement. Furthermore, rapid and reciprocal communications between epidermal and dermal and adnexal compartments are also mediated by neurotransmission including antidromic modes of conduction. Lastly, skin cells and the skin as an organ coordinate and/or regulate not only peripheral but also global homeostasis.
Immunopharmacology
Author: Manzoor M. KhanPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387779760
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
During the past decades, with the introduction of the recombinant DNA, hybridoma and transgenic technologies there has been an exponential evolution in understanding the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of a large number of human diseases. The technologies are evident with the development of cytokines and monoclonal antibodies as therapeutic agents and the techniques used in gene therapy. Immunopharmacology is that area of biomedical sciences where immunology, pharmacology and pathology overlap. It concerns the pharmacological approach to the immune response in physiological as well as pathological events. This goals and objectives of this textbook are to emphasize the developments in immunology and pharmacology as they relate to the modulation of immune response. The information includes the pharmacology of cytokines, monoclonal antibodies, mechanism of action of immune-suppressive agents and their relevance in tissue transplantation, therapeutic strategies for the treatment of AIDS and the techniques employed in gene therapy. The book is intended for health care professional students and graduate students in pharmacology and immunology.