Psychoneuroimmunology (2^nd Ed., Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2018) Methods and Protocols Methods in Molecular Biology Series, Vol. 1781

Part I: Stress and Immunity: Biopsychosocial Models and Clinical Implications

1. Stress and Systemic Inflammation: Yin-Yang Dynamics in Health and Diseases

            Qing Yan

2. Intersections between Neuroimmune-Microbiota

            Colette G. Ngo Ndjom, Xavier F. Gonzalez, and Harlan P. Jones

3. Psychoneuroimmunology: The Experiential Dimension

            Elling Ulvestad

4. Ecological Context and Human Variation: Applying the Principles of Biological Anthropology to Psychoneuroimmunology

            Eric C. Shattuck

5. Neuroimmune Imbalances and Yin-Yang Dynamics in Stress, Anxiety, and Depression

            Qing Yan

6. Increasing Resilience to Traumatic Stress: Understanding the Protective Role of Well-Being

            J. Tory Toole, Mark A. Rice, Jr., Jordan Cargill, Travis J.A. Craddock, Barry Nierenberg, Nancy G. Klimas, Mary Ann Fletcher, Mariana Morris, Joel Zysman, and Gordon Broderick

7. Exploring the Diagnostic Potential of Immune Biomarker Co-Expression in Gulf War Illness

8. Breaking Away: The Role of Homeostatic Drive in Perpetuating Depression

            J. Tory Toole, Mark A. Rice, Jr., Travis J.A. Craddock, Barry Nierenberg, Nancy G. Klimas, Mary Ann Fletcher, Joel Zysman, Mariana Morris, and Gordon Broderick

9. Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Depression in Adults with Heart Failure

            Jessica A. Jiménez, Christine Tara Peterson, and Paul J. Mills

10. How To Monitor the Neuroimmune Biological Response in Patients Affected by Immune Alteration-Related Systemic Diseases

            Paolo Lissoni, Franco Rovelli, Luigi Vigorè, Giusy Messina, Arianna Lissoni, Giorgio Porro, and Giuseppe Di Fede

Part II: Technologies and Methods in Psychoneuroimmunology Studies

11. Application of Chemogenetics and Optogenetics to Dissect Brain-Immune Interactions

            Ben Korin and Asya Rolls

12. Psychoneuroimmunology and Natural Killer Cells: The Chromium Release Whole Blood Assay

            Mary Ann Fletcher, Zachary Barnes, Gordon Broderick, and Nancy G. Klimas

13. Mouse Testing Methods in Psychoneuroimmunology 2.0: Measuring Behavioral Responses

            Albert E. Towers, Jason M. York, Tracy Baynard, Stephen J. Gainey, and Gregory G. Freund

14. The MRL Model: A Valuable Tool in Studies of Autoimmunity-Brain Interactions

            Boris Šakić

15. PET Imaging in Psychoneuroimmunology Research

            Jonas Hannestad

16. The Vaccination Model in Psychoneuroimmunology Research: A Review

            Anna C. Whittaker

17. Measuring Vaccine Responses in the Multiplex Era

            Kieran Ayling, Kavita Vedhara, and Lucy Fairclough

18. Sculpting the Sculptors: Methods for Studying the Fetal Cholinergic Signaling on Systems and Cellular Scales

            Martin G. Frasch, Patrick Burns, Javier Benito, Marina Cortes, Mingju Cao, Gilles Fecteau, and André Desrochers

19. Perinatal Psychoneuroimmunology: Protocols for the Study of Prenatal Stress and Its Effects on Fetal and Postnatal Brain Development

Includes cutting-edge and practical insight into the study of psychoneuroimmunology

Provides the kind of laboratory detail essential for reproducible results

Contains key advice from experts in the field