Adrenergic and dopaminergic modulation of immunity in multiple sclerosis: Teaching old drugs new tricks?

Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 163-179

  Cosentino, Marco ^a   Marino, Franca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Adrenoceptors; Dopamine; Dopaminergic receptors; Lymphocytes; Multiple sclerosis; Neuroimmunology; Noradrenaline

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; CATECHOLAMINE; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEUROHORMONE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROLACTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL STIMULATION; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL SYMPATHECTOMY; COGNITION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEMYELINATION; DENDRITIC CELL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GLAUCOMA; GLIA CELL; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPOLYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THERMOGENESIS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROGLIA; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84874660939     PISSN: 15571890     EISSN: 15571904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11481-012-9410-z     Document Type: Review

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