Neuroimmune Signaling in Drug Actions and Addictions

This well-established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promising subfields. This volume concentrates on Neuroimmune Signaling in Drug Actions and Addictions.

List of contents

1. Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Alcohol and Drug Addiction


2. Neuroimmune Pathways in Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from Behavioral and
Genetic Studies in Rodents and Humans


3. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Neuroimmune Changes


4. Role of Microglia in Regulation of Ethanol Neurotoxic Action


5. Functions of the Chemokine Receptor CXCR4 in the Central Nervous System and its Regulation by µ-opioid Receptors


6. Discovery of a Novel Site of Opioid Action at the Innate Immune Pattern Recognition Receptor TLR4 has Profound Implications for Addiction Research


7. Neuroimmune Basis of Methamphetamine Toxicity


8. Marijuana Use and Brain Immune Mechanisms


9. Interactions of HIV and Drugs of Abuse: The Importance of Glia, Neural Progenitors, and Host Genetic Factors


10. Neuroimmune Basis of Alcoholic Brain Damage


11. Converging Actions of Alcohol on Liver and Brain Immune Signaling


12. Opportunities for the Development of Neuroimmune Therapies in Addiction


13. NeuroHIV and Use of Addictive Substances

Product details

• Assisted by: Changhai Cui (Editor), R. Adron Harris (Editor), David Shurtleff (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.2014
• EAN: 9780128012840
• ISBN: 978-0-12-801284-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 27 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 925 g
• Series: International Review of Neurobiology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, Neurosciences, Developmental biology