Publisher's Synopsis
An explosion of information on immune-neuroendocrine interactions has taken place since the first edition of this volume appeared in 1988. This second revised and enlarged edition offers an update on the latest advances in knowledge of the molecular and cellular bases of bidirectional communication between the immune and neuroendocrine systems. The chapters review current evidence that the immune system produces neuroendocrine peptide hormones; that the immune system can regulate the neuroendocrine system and vice versa; that the immune system is innervated, and that the neuroendocrine and immune systems share a set of hormone receptors.