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Neuroimmune Circuits, Drugs of Abuse, and Infectious Diseases

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 493)

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Introduction and Perspectives This volume is based on the proceedings of the 7th annual symposium on the topic Neuroimmune Circuits, Infectious Diseases and Drugs of Abuse, Bethesda, Maryland, Oc- ber 7–9, 1999. This symposium, as in the past, focused on newer knowledge concerning the relationship between the immune and nervous systems with regards to the effects of drugs of abuse and infections, including AIDS, caused by the immunodeficiency virus. Presentations discussed the brain-immune axis from the viewpoint of drugs of abuse rather than from the subject of the brain or immunity alone. The major aim of this series of conferences has been to clarify the consequences of immunomodulation induced by drugs of abuse in regards to susceptibility and pathogenesis of infectious diseases, both in man and in various animal model systems. The recreational use of drugs of abuse such as morphine, cocaine, and marijuana by large numbers of individuals in this country and around the world has continued to arouse serious concerns about the consequences of use of such drugs, especially on the normal physiological responses of an individual, including immune responses. Much of the recent data accumulated by investigators show that drugs of abuse, especially opioids and cannabinoids, markedly alter immune responses in human populations as well as in experimental animals, both in vivo and in vitro.

Editors and Affiliations

  • College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa

    Herman Friedman, Thomas W. Klein

  • Georgia Mental Health Institute, Emory University, Atlanta

    John J. Madden

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neuroimmune Circuits, Drugs of Abuse, and Infectious Diseases

  • Editors: Herman Friedman, Thomas W. Klein, John J. Madden

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b111373

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46466-9Published: 30 November 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-8686-6Published: 23 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-47611-2Published: 11 April 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 274

  • Topics: Neurology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Public Health, Virology, Pharmacy

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