Neuroimmune Pharmacology || The Blood Brain Barrier

✍ Scribed by Gendelman, Howard E.; Ikezu, Tsuneya

• Book ID: 121499793
• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 431 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0387725733
• DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72573-4_4

✦ Synopsis

Neuroimmune pharmacology seeks to harness the immune system to provide pharmacological intervention to combat neurodegenerative diseases. This book provides a comprehensive overview of topics that embrace the link between the immune system and the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders. Results from recent studies strongly suggest that a major part of the process in diseases including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s as well as Prion diseases, comes from changes in the innate and adaptive arms of the brain and peripheral immune systems. Thus, the book provides an in-depth study of numerous fields including immunology, pharmacology, neuroscience and neurovirology. It is accompanied by a CD-ROM that includes access to lectures, slide presentations, and question and answers on neuroimmune pharmacology.