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Neuroimmune pharmacology is an interdisciplinary field which integrates neuroscience, immunology, and pharmacology. This new discipline has developed over the last two decades in order to study the etiology and treatment of disorders involving both the immune and nervous systems. The proposed Neuroimmune Pharmacology course is a semester-long elective course for students in molecular and cellular biology graduate programs. It is designed to introduce these students to basic principles and practices of neuroimmune pharmacology as well as to the application of molecular and cellular biological techniques in the study of neuroimmune disorders. The goal of this elective course is to help prepare future molecular and cellular biologists to undertake research initiatives in the field of neuroimmunity in health and disease.
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Preparation of this manuscript was supported, in part, by the National Institutes of Health grants DA016149 and DA007058 (SLC).
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Guarantor of work: Sulie L. Chang, Ph.D.
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Chang, S.L., Mao, X. Neuroimmune Pharmacology: An Elective Course for Molecular and Cellular Bioscience Graduate Programs. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 6, 71–75 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11481-010-9249-0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11481-010-9249-0