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- catalog abstract "This volume focuses on the relationship between the nervous and the immune system with regard to the effects of drugs of abuse and infections, including infection caused by the immunodeficiency virus which causes AIDS, the number one health problem worldwide. Chapters focus on the brain-immune axis, detailing the effects of drugs of abuse. It is well known that recreational drugs of abuse such as morphine, cocaine, and marijuana, as well as other drugs, including the legal drugs alcohol and nicotine, are used by large numbers of individuals. Serious concerns have been raised about the consequences of using such drugs, especially in relation to their effects on normal physiological responses, including immune mechanisms. It is now widely recognized not only that many drugs of abuse have serious consequences on normal parameters of neurologic and neuroendocrine systems in general but also that effects on those systems, in turn, may affect indirectly immunity and also directly affect immune systems. Much data has now been accumulated showing that drugs of abuse markedly alter the immune response in human populations as well as in experimental animals, both in vivo and in vitro. Furthermore, studies on microbial infections have shown that many drugs of abuse are associated with increased susceptibility to infectious diseases, especially opportunistic intracellular microorganisms, including viruses such as HIV which causes AIDS. The mechanisms whereby drugs of abuse increase the likelihood of infections by opportunistic microorganisms in humans as well as in experimental animals are delineated. This volume will further the understanding of the impact of drugs of abuse on the brain-immune axis and its relationship to immunomodulation and infection, especially that caused by the AIDS virus.".
- catalog contributor b3437228.
- catalog contributor b3437229.
- catalog contributor b3437230.
- catalog contributor b3437231.
- catalog contributor b3437232.
- catalog contributor b3437233.
- catalog created "c1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "c1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "This volume focuses on the relationship between the nervous and the immune system with regard to the effects of drugs of abuse and infections, including infection caused by the immunodeficiency virus which causes AIDS, the number one health problem worldwide. Chapters focus on the brain-immune axis, detailing the effects of drugs of abuse. It is well known that recreational drugs of abuse such as morphine, cocaine, and marijuana, as well as other drugs, including the legal drugs alcohol and nicotine, are used by large numbers of individuals. Serious concerns have been raised about the consequences of using such drugs, especially in relation to their effects on normal physiological responses, including immune mechanisms. It is now widely recognized not only that many drugs of abuse have serious consequences on normal parameters of neurologic and neuroendocrine systems in general but also that effects on those systems, in turn, may affect indirectly immunity and also directly affect immune systems. Much data has now been accumulated showing that drugs of abuse markedly alter the immune response in human populations as well as in experimental animals, both in vivo and in vitro. Furthermore, studies on microbial infections have shown that many drugs of abuse are associated with increased susceptibility to infectious diseases, especially opportunistic intracellular microorganisms, including viruses such as HIV which causes AIDS. The mechanisms whereby drugs of abuse increase the likelihood of infections by opportunistic microorganisms in humans as well as in experimental animals are delineated. This volume will further the understanding of the impact of drugs of abuse on the brain-immune axis and its relationship to immunomodulation and infection, especially that caused by the AIDS virus.".
- catalog extent "xii, 317 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0306438909".
- catalog isPartOf "Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 288".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "c1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Plenum Press,".
- catalog subject "616.97/071 20".
- catalog subject "Alcohol Immunology Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Antibody Formation drug effects Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Antibody Formation drug effects".
- catalog subject "Cannabinoids Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Cannabis".
- catalog subject "Cocaine Immunology Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Cocaine pharmacology Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Cocaine pharmacology".
- catalog subject "Drugs of abuse Immunology Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Ethanol pharmacology congresses.".
- catalog subject "Immune System drug effects Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Immune System drug effects".
- catalog subject "Immunological deficiency syndromes Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Marijuana Immunology Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Narcotics pharmacology Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Narcotics pharmacology".
- catalog subject "Psychoneuroimmunology Congresses.".
- catalog subject "QW 504 D7945 1989".
- catalog subject "RM316 .D79 1991".
- catalog subject "Street Drugs pharmacology Congresses.".
- catalog subject "W1 AD559 v.288 1991".
- catalog title "Drugs of abuse, immunity, and immunodeficiency / edited by Herman Friedman, Steven Specter, and Thomas W. Klein.".
- catalog type "Congresses".
- catalog type "text".