Overview
Focuses on immune effects upon adaptive behavior
Provides analysis of immune relationships to abnormal behavior
Presents the integration of clinical and experimental neuroimmune studies
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Neuroimmune Interactions
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Neuroimmunological Basis of Behavior
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Neuroimmunological Basis of Mental Disorders
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Allan Siegel, Ph.D., was awarded his doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1966 and was trained in the fields of Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomy and Behavioral Neuroscience at Yale University School of Medicine. He is Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience and Psychiatry at New Jersey Medical School's University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, New Jersey. His research focuses on the anatomical substrates and neurochemical mechanisms, including the functions of cytokines, governing aggression, and rage behavior.
Steven S. Zalcman, Ph.D. was awarded his doctorate from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada in 1990, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, University of Manitoba Medical School. He received training in Behavioral Neuroscience, Neurochemistry, Anatomy, and Immunology. He held a faculty position in the Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, and is presently Associate Professor of Psychiatry at New Jersey Medical School's University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, New Jersey. His research focuses on neurochemical, neuropharmacological, and behavioral consequences of immune activation and cytokine treatment.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Neuroimmunological Basis of Behavior and Mental Disorders
Editors: Allan Siegel, Steven S. Zalcman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84851-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-84850-1Published: 14 November 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4657-7Published: 04 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-84851-8Published: 09 November 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 438
Topics: Neurosciences, Psychopharmacology, Immunology, Psychiatry, Neurobiology