Cytokines and the CNS

Richard M. Ransohoff

ISBN 10: 0849316227 / ISBN 13: 9780849316227

Published by Taylor & Francis Inc Okt 2005, 2005

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Neuware - Designed for both clinicians and researchers in neurobiology and immunology, this edition offers deepened insight into how cytokine action impacts the physiology and pathology of the nervous system. It includes completely updated and revised chapters by an entirely new set of expert contributors; discusses contemporary techniques for analysis of cytokine biology; puts increased emphasis on processes involving immunity, inflammation, and development, rather than individual cell types; and looks at the application of cytokine biology to the treatment of disease, a new area of research. This field is evolving so rapidly that new cytokine findings and CNS data were added just prior to printing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cytokines and the CNS
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Okt 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0849316227
• ISBN 13: 9780849316227
• Binding: Buch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 0D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 0 millimeters depth
• Weight: 684 grams

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Synopsis

Provides Insight into How Cytokine Action Impacts the Physiology and Pathology of the CNS.

As with the first edition of Cytokines and the CNS, this completely updated and revised edition introduces neurobiologists to cytokine biology and immunologists to the unique functions of cytokines in CNS physiology. The dramatically accelerating interest in cytokines and cytokine/chemokine signaling over the past several years has encouraged an explosion of literature on cytokines. The similarity between factors involved in inflammation or immunity, and those implicated in neural development, physiology, and repair has become so apparent that familiarity with cytokines must now be considered an essential element in the neurobiologist’s cognitive tool-kit. Conversely, for immunobiologists, the concepts elaborated by neurobiologists to understand developmental patterning and networked organ function continue to evolve in such a way that comprehension of cytokine action in the CNS can only enhance a further understanding of immune system function.

Cytokines and the CNS, Second Edition is patterned after the first edition; however, the wealth of knowledge now available adds a tremendous amount of insight and new implications. To guarantee a fresh perspective, the editors made a conscious choice to utilize an entirely new set of contributors, all experts in various aspects of cytokine research.

Cytokines and the CNS, Second Edition starts with a chapter on the CNS, focusing on pathological reactions to insult. Next, come three chapters on cytokine biology, followed by four chapters that integrate cytokine biology into basic CNS processes (development; inflammation; immunity; degeneration/repair), after which five chapters apply this body of knowledge to disease or pathology. The book closes with a look at the application of cytokine biology to the treatment of disease, a brand new area of research.

About the Author

Richard M. Ransohoff, Etty N. Benveniste