Methods in Neurosciences: Neuroimmunology, Vol. 24

The study of immune factors in nervous system functions has become a broad and expanding area of neuroscience research, with impact on psychiatry, psychology, pharmacology, immunology, and physiology. It is evident that in the rapidly developing field of neuroimmunology, methods are needed for the study of the immune system in the brain and in the periphery under brain control. Many different methods have been and are being used, so the investigator is faced with the difficult choice of which techniques and procedures are appropriate and how to carry them out. This volume brings together diverse areas of neuroimmunology and the methodologies so that readers can select those procedures suitable for their own research. Key Features Comprehensive protocols included for the study of: * The brain-immune system * The neuroimmune system: Effects of the brain on the peripheral immune system * Neuroimmune effects from substances of abuse (e.g. cocaine) to hypnosis * Measurement of interferons, cytokines, natural killer cells, and major histocompatibility complex molecules * Immunohistochemistry methods in the brain * Neuropeptides as immunomodulatorsConn, P. Michael is the author of 'Methods in Neurosciences: Neuroimmunology, Vol. 24' with ISBN 9780121852948 and ISBN 0121852946.