Table of Contents

1.Functional Anatomy of the Immune System; J. Westermann, M.S. Exton. 2.Foundations in Immunology; R. Jacobs, R.E. Schmidt. 3.Principles of Endocrinology; T. H. Schürmeyer, E. J. Wickings. 4.Concepts in Psychology; U.Tewes. 5 Psychological Methods; U.Tewes, M. Schedlowski. 6.Endocrinological Methods; T. H. Schürmeyer, E. J. Wickings. 7.Methods in Immunology; R. Jacobs. 8. Molecular Anatomical Basis of Interactions between Nervous and Immune Systems in Health and Disease; E. Weihe, et al. 9.Neuroendocrine System and Immune Functions; M. Schedlowski, R. J. Benschop. 10. Opioid Peptide Production by the Immune System; C. J. Heijnen, A. Kavelaars. 11.The Immune-Neuroendocrine Network; H. O. Besedovsky, A. del Rey. 12.Sickness Behavior: A Neuroimmune-Based Response to Infectious Disease; R. Dantzer. 13.Stress Effects on Immune Function in Rodents; M. K. Demetrikopoulos, et al. 14.Behavior/Immune Relationships in Nonhuman Primates; M. L. Laudenslager, J. M. Worlein. 15.Acute Psychological Stress; R. J. Benshop, M. Schedlowski. 16.Concepts and Models of Immunological Change during Prolonged Stress; C. L. Coe. 17.Does Psychological Depression Cause Immune Suppression in Humans? M. Irwin, E. Friedman. 18.Exercise and Immune Functions; B. Klarlund Pedersen. 19.Biobehavioral Influences on Respiratory Immunity; J. Kugler. 20.Effects of PsychosocialInterventions on the Immune System; M. E. Kemeny, G. Miller. 21.Sleep and Immune Functions; J. Born. 22.Functional Relationship between the Olfactory and Immune Systems; F. Eggert, R. Ferstl. 23.Behavioral Conditioning of Immunity; M. S. Exton, et al. 24.Psychoneuroimmunology in Oncology; D. H. Bovbjerg, et al. 25.Psychoneuroimmunology and HIV/AIDS; N. Schneiderman, et al. 26.Psychoneuroimmunology and Autoimmune Diseases; A. Kavelaars, et al. 27.The Effects of Stress on the Immune System: Implications for Reactivation of Latent Herpesviruses; K. L. Applegate, et al. References. Index

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