Stress, Stress Hormones and the Immune System

The stress concept an historical perspective of Hans Selvye's contributions; the neuroendocrine system anatomy, physiology and responses to stress; the autonomic and behavioural responses to stress; the immune system; hormone receptors and signal transduction; in vivo and in vitro methods for assessing neuroendocrine function; assessment of the automatic and behavioural responses to stress; methods for monitoring immune function; glucocorticoids and the immune system; hypothalamopituitaryadrenal activity in experimental models of autoimmune/inflammatory disease; expression; biological actions and receptors for stress peptides within the immune system; corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH) binding protein a regulator of the CRH family of peptides in brain and periphery; interleukin1 receptors in the brainendocrineimmune axis role in the stress response and infection; responses of the stress axis to immunological challenge the role of eicosanoids and cytokines; cytokines, fever and thermaogenesis; autonomic regulation of immune function anatomical, biochemical and functional studies; prolactin, growth hormone and host defence; thymic polypeptides and their role as mediators in neuroendocrine immune communication; behaviour, stress and immune function; clinical and social implications of stressinduced neuroendocrineimmuneinteractions.