Immune mechanisms of pain analgesia
By: Halina Machelska, Christoph Stein
Contributors: Stein, Christoph, 1954-
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- 521
Publisher: Landes Bioscience/Eurekah.com; Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Georgetown, Tex; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Pain; Immunological aspects; Analgesia; Cytokines; Opioids; Receptors; Immunology; Immune System; Physiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Glial proinflammatory cytokines mediate exaggerated pain states: implications for clinical pain / Linda R. Watkins, Erin D. Milligan, and Steven F. Maier; title: 2. Peripheral hyperalgesic cytokines / Fernando Q. Cunha and Sergio H. Ferreira; title: 3. Cytokines and peripheral analgesia / Michael Schfer; title: 4. Opioid peptides in immune cells / Eric M. Smith; title: 5. Opioid receptors on peripheral sensory neurons / Christoph Stein; title: 6. Morphological correlates of immune-mediated peripheral opioid analgesia / Shaaban A. Mousa; title: 7. Functional evidence of pain control by the immune system / Halina Machelska; title: 8. Opioid receptor expression and intracellular signaling by cells involved in host defense and immunity / Burt M. Sharp; title: 9. Experimental evidence for immunomodulatory effects of opioids / Paola Sacerdote, Elena Limiroli and Leda Gaspani; title: 10. The immune-suppressive effects of pain / Gayle G. Page; title: 11. Invertebrate opiate immune and neural signaling / George B. Stefano ... [et al.]; title: 12. Anti-inflammatory effects of opioids / Judith S. Walker.