chapter 1 A Global View of Immunological Development and Biology / chapter 2 Common Signaling in the Neuroendocrine and Immune Systems / chapter 3 Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Effects on Innate and Adaptive Immunity / chapter 4 Glucocorticoids and the Immune System / chapter 5 Cytokines and Leptin as Mediators of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis / chapter 6 Role of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Regulating the Hypothalamic- Pituitary-Gonadal Axis of the Male Rat / chapter 7 Sex Hormones and B Cells / chapter 8 Vitamin D3 in Control of Immune Response / chapter 9 The Growth Hormone/Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Axis and the Immune System / chapter 10 Somatostatin Control of Immune Functions / chapter 11 Profilactin and the Immune System / chapter 12 VIP and PACAP Immune Mediators Involved in Homeostasis and Disease / chapter 13 Neurotransmitters Talk to T Cells in a Direct, Powerful, and Contextual Manner Affecting Key Immune Functions / chapter 14 Role of Neuropeptides in T-Cell Differentiation / chapter 15 Natriuretic Peptides and Inflammation / chapter 16 Neuroendocrinology of the Thymus / chapter 17 The Central Role of the Thymus in the Development of Self-Tolerance and Autoimmunity in the Neuroendocrine System / chapter 18 Two-Way Communication Between Mast Cells and the Nervous System / chapter 19 Peripheral Nervous System Programming of Dendritic Cell Function / chapter 20 Neuroendocrine Host Factors in Susceptibility and Resistance to Autoimmune/Inflammatory Disease / chapter 21 Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes / chapter 22 Autoimmune Central Diabetes Insipidus / chapter 23 Autoimmune Thyroid Disease / chapter 24 Addison's Disease and Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndromes / chapter 25 Premature Ovarian Failure / chapter 26 Myasthenia Gravis / chapter 27 Rheumatoid Arthritis / chapter 28 Aging and Neuroimmunoendocrinology / chapter 29 Quality of Life in Asthma and Rhinitis / chapter 30 Atopic Dermatitis / chapter 31 Neuroendocrine Control of Th1 and Th2 Responses: Clinical Implications / chapter 32 HIV Infection and the Central Nervous System / chapter 33 Opioid Receptors and HIV Infection / chapter 34 Mechanisms of Cytokine-Induced Sickness Behavior / chapter 35 Immunotherapy of Neuroendocrine Tumors / chapter 36 Glucocorticoid Resistance in Inflammatory Diseases