Main description:

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.

Contents:

Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Alcohol and Drug Addiction
Neuroimmune Pathways in Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from Behavioral and
Genetic Studies in Rodents and Humans

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Neuroimmune Changes
Role of Microglia in Regulation of Ethanol Neurotoxic Action
Functions of the Chemokine Receptor CXCR4 in the Central Nervous System and its Regulation by -opioid Receptors
Discovery of a Novel Site of Opioid Action at the Innate Immune Pattern Recognition Receptor TLR4 has Profound Implications for Addiction Research
Neuroimmune Basis of Methamphetamine Toxicity
Marijuana Use and Brain Immune Mechanisms
Interactions of HIV and Drugs of Abuse: The Importance of Glia, Neural Progenitors, and Host Genetic Factors
Neuroimmune Basis of Alcoholic Brain Damage
Converging Actions of Alcohol on Liver and Brain Immune Signaling
Opportunities for the Development of Neuroimmune Therapies in Addiction
NeuroHIV and Use of Addictive Substances