Neuroimmune Signaling in Drug Actions and Addictions

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-12-801284-0
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1070 g

This well-established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promising subfields. This volume concentrates on Neuroimmune Signaling in Drug Actions and Addictions.

Zielgruppe

Neuroscientists, psychologists, neurologists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Cui, Changhai

Shurtleff, David

Harris, R. Adron

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Alcohol and Drug Addiction

- Neuroimmune Pathways in Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from Behavioral and

Genetic Studies in Rodents and Humans

- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Neuroimmune Changes

- Role of Microglia in Regulation of Ethanol Neurotoxic Action

- Functions of the Chemokine Receptor CXCR4 in the Central Nervous System and its Regulation by µ-opioid Receptors

- Discovery of a Novel Site of Opioid Action at the Innate Immune Pattern Recognition Receptor TLR4 has Profound Implications for Addiction Research

- Neuroimmune Basis of Methamphetamine Toxicity

- Marijuana Use and Brain Immune Mechanisms

- Interactions of HIV and Drugs of Abuse: The Importance of Glia, Neural Progenitors, and Host Genetic Factors

- Neuroimmune Basis of Alcoholic Brain Damage

- Converging Actions of Alcohol on Liver and Brain Immune Signaling

- Opportunities for the Development of Neuroimmune Therapies in Addiction

- NeuroHIV and Use of Addictive Substances