Main description:

This unifying theme of this book-with sections on mechanisms of defense and neuropathogenesis, neurological diseases, infections of the nervous system, neuropharmacology, and novel therapies-is interactions of the immune and nervous systems. It also discusses the role of inflammation as a key mediator of different brain disorders. There have been significant scientific advances in the multidisciplinary field of neuroimmunology / neuroinflammation in the past decade, and this book, edited under the guidance of Professor P. N. Tandon, fosters communication between those who share an interest in this exciting area, including neuroscientists, immunologists, cell biologists, clinicians and neuropharmacologists.

Contents:

1. Chapter 1. General Physiology and Pathophysiology of Microglia in inflammation.- Chapter 2. Inflammation and the Pathophysiology of Astrocytes in brain disorders.- Chapter 3. Neuroinflammation in Huntington's and related neurodegenerative disorders.- Chapter 4. Brain infection and inflammation.- Chapter 5. Neuroinflammation in Ischemic Stroke.- Chapter 6. Innate and Adaptive Immune-Mediated Neuroinflammation in Parkinson's Disease.- Chapter 7. Brain cancer and inflammation.- Chapter 8. Demylinating diseases and neuro-inflammation.- Chapter 9. Obesity and neuro-inflammation.- Chapter 10. Retinal disorder/degeneration and inflammation associated with it.