Cell Communication in Nervous and Immune System

At first glance, the nervous and immune systems appear very different. However, both systems have developed mechanisms for memory formation – though of quite different quality and significance for the organism. One striking example is that both systems form and communicate via synapses armed with si...

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Other Authors: Gundelfinger, Eckart D. (Editor), Seidenbecher, Constanze (Editor), Schraven, Burkhart (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2006, 2006
Edition:1st ed. 2006
Series:Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:At first glance, the nervous and immune systems appear very different. However, both systems have developed mechanisms for memory formation – though of quite different quality and significance for the organism. One striking example is that both systems form and communicate via synapses armed with similar sets of proteins. This collection of reviews, contributed by internationally recognized immunologists and molecular and cellular neurobiologists, puts side by side cellular communication devices and signaling mechanisms in the immune and nervous systems and discusses mechanisms of interaction between the two systems, the significance of which has only recently been fully appreciated
Physical Description:XIV, 313 p online resource
ISBN:9783540368298