Neural and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms in Host Defense and Autoimmunity

1. Introduction
Esther M. Sternberg

Part I.Neural and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms in Host Defense: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms

2. Stress-induced Changes in Immune Cell Distribution and Trafficking: Implications for Immunoprotection versus Immunopathology
Firdaus S. Dhabhar

3. Stress-induced Sympathetic Nervous System Activation Contributes to Both Suppressed Acquired Immunity and Potentiated Innate Immunity: The Role of Splenic NE Depletion and Extracellular Hsp72
Monika Fleshner

4. Anthrax Lethal Factor Represses Glucocorticoid and Progesterone Receptor Activity
Jeanette I. Webster, Mahtab Moayeri, Esther M. Sternberg

5. Adrenergic Regulation of Adaptive Immunity
Virginia M. Sanders

6. Gender Dimorphism and the Use of Sex Steroid/Receptor Antagonist After Trauma
Mashkoor A. Choudhry, Irshad H. Chaudry

Part II.Neural and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms in Host Defense: Physiological Effects of Stress on Host Susceptibility to Infection and Autoimmunity

7. The Impact of Psychological Stress on the Immune Response to and Pathogenesis of Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
Robert H. Bonneau, John Hunzeker

8. Influenza Viral Infection: Stress-induced Modulation of Innate Resistance and Adaptive Immunity
Michael T. Bailey, David A. Padgett, John F. Sheridan

9. Autonomic Nervous System Influences on HIV Pathogenesis
Erica K. Sloan, Alicia Collado-Hidalgo, Steve W. Cole

10. The Effects of Restraint Stress on the Neuropathogenesis of Theiler’s Virus-induced Demyelination: A Murine Model for Multiple Sclerosis
C. Jane Welsh, Mi Wentao, Amy Sieve, Andrew Steelman, Robin R. Johnson, Colin R. Young, Thomas Prentice, Ashley Hammons, Ralph Storts, Thomas Welsh, Mary W. Meagher

11. Social Stress Alters the Severity of an Animal Model of Multiple Sclerosis
Mary W. Meagher, Robin R. Johnson, Elisabeth Good, C. Jane Welsh

12. Early Postnatal Nongenetic Factors Modulate Disease Susceptibility in Adulthood: Examples from Disease Models of Multiple Sclerosis, Periodontitis, and Asthma
Michael Stephan, Thomas Skripuletz, Stephan Hörsten

13. The Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and Inflammation Among Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
David C. Mohr

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