• Provides both practical and conceptual information for cytokine research and applications
• Discusses an array of contemporary techniques for analysis of neuroendocrine data
• Presents material from background to function, processes to pathophysiology

In Cytokines and the CNS, Second Edition, leading scientists and clinicians review the current status of cytokines, with an emphasis on their role in developmental and pathological processes in the central nervous system (CNS). They describe various cytokine families and their receptors, focusing on the delineation of mechanisms by which ligand-receptor interactions mediate biological effects. The book discusses interactions between cytokines and other biological regulators at the cellular and molecular level, and considers tissue-specific effects exerted on CNS cells by cytokines. This new edition includes both recent cytokine development and new CNS data.